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Intensive care doctor, 33, is hit and killed with his own Mercedes by carjackers who jumped in when he left the engine running while delivering a package to his girlfriend
Daily Mail UK ^ | March 10, 2022 | Alyssa Guzman

Posted on 03/10/2022 11:01:48 AM PST by Morgana

An intensive care unit doctor was hit and killed by his own Mercedes while chasing down the carjackers who stole the car.

Dr. Rakesh Patel, 33, of Silver Springs, Maryland, had his car stolen on Vernon Street in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC on Tuesday around 8pm.

Patel had left his car running when he got out to give a package to his girlfriend Rachel Lincoln.

As the couple embraced, at least one carjacker jumped inside the doctor's car and sped off.

Patel ran after them but was run over by the thief when he caught up with them on the corner of Florida Avenue and 18th Street, a busy intersection surrounded by row houses and shops and is home to a diverse community. The Adams Morgan community is known for its nightlife and international dining on 18th Street - where Patel was hit - and having cheaper rent than other parts of the DC area. Despite it's lower rent, the area is consider one of the oldest and nicest neighborhoods in Washington DC.

He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to a nearby hospital.

Lincoln described the moment as 'a nightmare,' as she witnessed her boyfriend's final moments, and now his family is left grieving over the senseless killing.

'[He died] for what? A car?' his mother Charulatta Patel told NBC Washington. 'I always used to call him my baby.'

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MedStar also said it was 'heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing' of Patel and that he was completing a residency fellowship in infectious diseases and critical care.

'Dr. Patel will be greatly missed,' MedStar Washington wrote on Twitter.

Patel was in DC on a critical care fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: crime; isearched; maryland; murder
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Was this ‘battery pack’ installed by the same company that provides your landline service?


61 posted on 03/12/2022 1:39:31 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

It’s Verizon, so it would be. Except that we have to plug it in…..to the outlet that is closest to the house input. It’s nothing but a simple battery pack with plugs.


62 posted on 03/12/2022 2:05:57 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Well, I’m not sure I understand, but if you actually still have an old-fashioned landline I’m thinking that Verizon will be phasing those out.

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/04/08/verizon-to-retire-copper/


63 posted on 03/12/2022 2:12:34 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Yes. We had to go to fiber-optic. It’s still a landline but it does not have independent power so is susceptible to utilities outages.


64 posted on 03/12/2022 5:54:02 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: Viking2002
Even the 'urban outdoorsmen' dressed decently and were helpful on the weekends. I had one dude (Jacques, I think?) who I'd pay $20 to find me a parking space for the weekend, and then I'd drive around the block.

Son of a gun. We had one named Jacques in our neighborhood in South Philly in the early 90s--he would pick up your newspaper off the front step, tell you someone tried to steal it but he stopped them, and hope for a tip, and similar scamettes. Once, however, he saw that I left my keys in the front door lock and did return them, to my great gratitude and large tip. xHe as a relatively honorable grifter. He would wash cars and do odd jobs, but he was very rough looking. 38 going on 50. Maybe he moved to DC for better pickings.

65 posted on 03/20/2022 7:26:01 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: PGR88

I thought it was a pretty safe place. But in 1991 I was working a security gig at Saint E’s in Anacostia, so what do I know?


66 posted on 03/20/2022 7:32:24 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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