Posted on 10/13/2008 7:59:46 PM PDT by LibWhacker
(10-13) 17:42 PDT SAN MATEO -- An intoxicated teenage driver ran a red light in San Mateo this morning and broadsided a taxicab, killing the driver, then fled as flames engulfed his car where two other teenagers were trapped, police said.
Police were able to pull the badly injured youths from the burning Volkswagen Jetta on El Camino Real near Hillsdale Shopping Center, but there was nothing they could do for the cabdriver, 48-year-old Michael Earl Prescott of Redwood City. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Its understandable why you would have mixed feelings.
When someone takes drink and then operates a deadly weapon, things go downhill fast.
I hope that young man learned the right lesson from that experience.
(i.e. don’t drink and drive)
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