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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maryland ping
I haven’t been in Adams Morgan in decades; but even back then it was a good place to get your car stolen.
“...of Washington DC...”
It’s the Imperial Capital.
What could go wrong. go wrong, go wrong....?
Perps are:
Quantavious Jackson
DeMarkell Johnson
Didn’t we recruit those guys?
Also, looks like the Mike White era is about to come to an end.
In Tennessee it’s illegal to leave your car running.
But I see the cops do it all the time.
Tempted to Gomer on them.
Citizen’s Arrest!!
Citizen’s Arrest!!
car jacking is raciss
LOL, probably.
I only watch UF Football now. I haven’t followed the basketball since I was there in 2008-2012.
So both men got out of passenger side doors … who was still in the cardriving?
Moreover I’m suspicious about what other crime scene were they out to clean up and did it involve a similar car which is why they needed the floor mats?
It was a "no go" area in the 1980s and early 90s. Rising rents and the unchecked growth of the Fedzilla has helped it "gentrify" but yes - its still a good place to get your car stolen.
All that invested effort and money to help others and these punks take it away in a moment. I guess the perps are victims too so we’re even. Now we get to feed them in prison.
Last time I was there was in the early 90s. They had the best Ethiopian restaurant in the region back then. During dinner, we heard that another diner had had their car stolen.
“He died for what? A car?”
No. He die protecting his property as is the essence of a man.
Left the engine running? Not too smart.
“...a busy intersection surrounded by row houses and shops and is home to a diverse community.”
In other words, it’s a low-rent black neighborhood with some Hispanics in it.
One of the problems with the mass media propaganda is that city dwellers and commuters are often unaware of the real risks they face from the “locals”.
DC is amazingly “diverse”—they have violent street gangs of every possible ethnic and national origin—often fighting for turf.
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