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USC student fatally struck by suspected street racer in Los Angeles: cops
NY Post ^ | 12/13/2021 | Joshua Rhett Miller

Posted on 12/13/2021 7:51:49 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A straight-A college student was fatally struck by a driver suspected of street racing in Los Angeles, cops and distraught relatives said.

Arian Rahbar, a 21-year-old junior at the University of Southern California, was killed Saturday afternoon while strolling along a marked crosswalk across Jefferson Boulevard, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Rahbar, who had just gotten some food, was sent airborne when he was hit in the south Los Angeles roadway by a Dodge Challenger Hellcat, whose driver had been racing a man in an Infiniti G37, LAPD South Traffic Division Det. Ryan Moreno told the newspaper.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: localnews; losangeles; racer; street; student
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They need to race on a track. Not on a public street. Play stupid games win stupid prizes
1 posted on 12/13/2021 7:51:49 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So strap the street racer down and run over them?


2 posted on 12/13/2021 7:55:39 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it’s a drag race, my money’s on the Hellcat. More than twice the horsepower.


3 posted on 12/13/2021 7:55:49 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ah. This happens all over and has for many decades.

When I was 17 or 18 we’d meet at the White Castle then make our way to the interstate service road where their was less traffic.


4 posted on 12/13/2021 7:56:57 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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A straight-A college student was fatally struck by a driver suspected of street racing in Los Angeles, cops and distraught relatives said.

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And his grade average some how matters?


5 posted on 12/13/2021 7:57:05 AM PST by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As far as I can determine, there are no laws in CA these days, so this is OK, right?


6 posted on 12/13/2021 7:58:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Unfortunately there are not many dragstrips left. Generating enough revenue and insurance costs were two issues.


7 posted on 12/13/2021 7:58:17 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: ChicagoConservative27
It was USC after all


8 posted on 12/13/2021 7:59:38 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (Let's go Brandon)
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while strolling along a marked crosswalk across Jefferson Boulevard

What a weird phrase. Strolling along? Sounds like he deserved to get hit.

9 posted on 12/13/2021 8:00:39 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It happened in Los “Angeles”, we need to know the Race of the driver to determine if a crime has been committed.


10 posted on 12/13/2021 8:02:44 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Vaquero

I’m gonna guess the Bruckner.

If you were in Queens, you would have gone from the Castle on Queens Blvd. in Elmhurst to “The Connecting” (part of the BQE) There, the Interstate would have been blocked off behind the racers as they waited for traffic in front to clear the 1/4 mile strip.


11 posted on 12/13/2021 8:05:51 AM PST by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
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“And his grade average some how matters?”

You wouldn’t understand.


12 posted on 12/13/2021 8:05:57 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gruesome Newsom and his hospital lackeys just announced the pedestrian died from COVID.


13 posted on 12/13/2021 8:06:18 AM PST by Prole ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So what ever happened to “Before crossing the street, STOP, LOOK BOTH WAYS and if there are no cars coming then cross”

I think I learned this in the 3rd grade.


14 posted on 12/13/2021 8:09:49 AM PST by billyboy15
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how much did the family of the supposed victim
pay USC for admission?

traffic ‘accidents’ are often insurance-scams


15 posted on 12/13/2021 8:12:15 AM PST by RockyTx
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Prolly learned not to eat your lunch while crossing a multi-lane thoroughfare as well.


16 posted on 12/13/2021 8:13:50 AM PST by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
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Pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right-of-way in California, so they assume that cars will stop for them.


17 posted on 12/13/2021 8:16:27 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Won’t come back from Deadman’s Crosswalk.


18 posted on 12/13/2021 8:16:31 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In the mid 50’’s we would find a public street near the airport and block off both ends and drag race, at least until the Cops came.


19 posted on 12/13/2021 8:16:48 AM PST by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Racing goes on, on the freeways 24/7 in Southern California. Crazy ass people doing crazy ass driving in traffic.


20 posted on 12/13/2021 8:18:02 AM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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