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DALLAS: BMW SOUGHT IN HIT-AND-RUN (Dallas Cowboy Dwayne Goodrich turns himself in)
KDFWFox4.com ^ | January 14, 2003

Posted on 01/14/2003 8:40:17 PM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi

DALLAS: BMW SOUGHT IN HIT-AND-RUN

(DALLAS, January 14) -- Two people have now died in what Dallas-area police say was a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 35-E in northwest Dallas. Two others were injured in the incident early today. Police are looking for a battered silver BMW. The deadly sequence that unfolded on Stemmons Freeway northbound between Walnut Hill and Royal lanes unfolded after a car clipped an 18-wheeler and had caught fire. Another motorist stopped to join a passenger from the burning car in helping the driver escape the flames. Police say the BMW then came speeding through the scene at an estimated 110 miles per hour. Officers say the driver tried to swerve between the disabled vehicles and hit three people. The two who were trying to help the driver escape were hit and injured fatally. A bystander suffered a broken leg. The driver will be okay.


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To: lmr
LOL, 635 is just as bad, maybe worse. And lookout where 35 and 635 meet!

I was hit at an offroad intersection a couple of months ago by a woman who ran a red light. She hit me going about 55 and we weren't on a freeway.

What's really frightening is to see someone pulled onto the shoulder knowing that some nutcase going about 100 mph is going to try to pass on that shoulder. It happens too frequently.

21 posted on 01/14/2003 9:11:47 PM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi (1st Quarter Fundraiser going on now. Don't forget to contribute and bump the thread!)
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To: BearCub
It was about 6PM, I do remember, I got back to Wichita at 12 Midnight. I didn't see any accidents or gridlock, maybe it was an unusual day. It was Thursday, because I went in to work the next day (Friday) to collect my vacation check.
22 posted on 01/14/2003 9:12:14 PM PST by lmr
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
Hitting several people, and killing two of them, is one thing. But not even stopping after hitting these people, whether to give aid or just because it is the legal and moral thing to do, is something else completely. Dwayne Goodrich deserves to receive a very, very long prison term as a just punishment for his reckless and heartless actions.
23 posted on 01/14/2003 9:12:55 PM PST by judgeandjury
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To: lmr
It was the scariest stretch of freeway I have ever driven on. 80 MPH is the norm.


It can be gridlock during rush hour.... You were lucky if you were moving that well at that time of day. Houston can be scary also...... You have to keep up or get run over.
24 posted on 01/14/2003 9:15:51 PM PST by deport (DONATE A DOLLAR OR TWO TO THE FUNDRAISER)
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To: judgeandjury
Dwayne Goodrich deserves to receive a very, very long prison term as a just punishment for his reckless and heartless actions.

Considering that the driver of the vehicle hasn't even been identified yet, your screen name seems ironic.

25 posted on 01/14/2003 9:16:39 PM PST by strela (Tag lines, eh? I could put my Usenet sig in here, but that would bore you. Or I could ...)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
My Gosh, You are lucky to be here talking to me instead of talking to your maker. At that speed, I would say you defintely beat the odds.
26 posted on 01/14/2003 9:17:38 PM PST by lmr
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To: lmr
Dallas traffic is tame compared to Houston's. After driving in Houston's traffic for a while, even Paris' traffic didn't seem too bad.
27 posted on 01/14/2003 9:18:12 PM PST by Pukka Puck
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To: lmr
Hmm. Must have been an unusually light traffic day. I drive 30 miles on I-35 northbound every weekday. The stretch between Northwest Highway and I-635 (3-5 miles) comprises 10% of my driving distance but 60% of my drive time. I'd say I average 15 mph if I'm there between 5:00 and 6:30.
28 posted on 01/14/2003 9:20:23 PM PST by BearCub
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To: BearCub
Dallas is too big for me. I wouldn't live there. I don't envy you a bit. Wichita is just about the right size and only a few hours from Kansas City if you get bored. KC traffic is tolerable, about like Wichita, only with wider freeways. It is sad that this happened, wasn't it a few years ago some Dallas Cowboy jokes were going around about some legal and drug problems players there were having? I think if you are driving 100 MPH it is indefensible no matter what the scenario. God Bless the victims and their families.
29 posted on 01/14/2003 9:28:10 PM PST by lmr
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
Q: Two Cowboys are riding in a car, who's driving?

A: The cops.

30 posted on 01/14/2003 9:33:46 PM PST by EricT. (Nooklir combat toe to toe with the Rooskies- Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi
Oh geez, please forgive me for that tasteless joke. I should have read the contents of the article before I posted my favorite Dallas Cowboys joke. This is just terrible.
31 posted on 01/14/2003 9:36:00 PM PST by EricT. (Nooklir combat toe to toe with the Rooskies- Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove)
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To: lmr
Dallas is too big for me. I wouldn't live there. I don't envy you a bit...

I don't envy me a bit either! Trust me, I'd rather be in the woods somewhere. But this is where the job/family/friends are. The Cowboys (like all teams) have been, are, and always will be a mess. The arrogance of the players is breathtaking.

I can understand (sort of) 100 mph on a long, flat, straight, empty highway in New Mexico during the daytime. Not the smartest thing in the world but I can relate to the temptation. But not in a major city on a crowded highway (I-35 is always busy, save for the deadest hours of the night). And trying to pass on the shoulder?? The driver needs to be charged with either murder or being too stupid to remain free.

32 posted on 01/14/2003 9:41:22 PM PST by BearCub
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To: lainie
It means several witnesses noticed that he was driving at an excessive speed, far above the speed limit. Pretty easy to judge if one car is passing others.

No nonsense at all, and no excuse for such reckless behavior. If you speed, you take a chance. He took a chance and loss. Now its time to pay the price. He should be charged with manslaughter and failure to render aid, nothing less, and no bargaining down. If he is able to bargain out of manslaughter charges, the DA should be voted out of office.

There is absolutely no excuse for this bullcrap. Killed 2 Good Samaritans because he was not only in a hurry, but reckless, too.
33 posted on 01/14/2003 9:41:23 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: BearCub
I think we can be pretty sure he was driving. He turned himself in, and if someone else was driving, he could have named him pretty quickly.

If someone else is driving my car and something like this happens with the police looking for me, it wouldn't take me long to start trying to clear my name by telling who really was involved. Unless I were actually the driver.
34 posted on 01/14/2003 9:47:01 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: strela
The accident happened almost 24 hours ago. If DG wasn't the driver, it shouldn't take this long to establish that fact.

Yeah, yeah, he's as innocent as Ray Lewis.
35 posted on 01/14/2003 10:25:30 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Yeah, yeah, he's as innocent as Ray Lewis.

Yup, that's true (at least in the United States). If it turns out he was driving though, then Katie bar the door.

36 posted on 01/14/2003 10:36:46 PM PST by strela (Tag lines, eh? I could put my Usenet sig in here, but that would bore you. Or I could ...)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Of course. I just question the validity of an 'eyewitness' report of a vehicle's velocity, that's all. But I know that's all the writer had to go on.
37 posted on 01/14/2003 10:40:19 PM PST by lainie
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Or as innocent as O.J. I guess he'll
have to set up a web site to find the real killer.
He'll get away with it though.
38 posted on 01/14/2003 10:51:32 PM PST by squibs
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Cowboy surrenders in fatal hit-run, agent says

By Clarence E. Hill Jr. and Bill Miller Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau

DALLAS - Cowboys cornerback Dwayne Goodrich was the driver of a gray BMW involved in a hit-and- run accident that killed two people who were trying to rescue a man from a burning car on Interstate 35E Tuesday morning, his agent said.

After meeting with police Tuesday afternoon, Goodrich, 24, was driven to the Lew Sterrett Justice Center to turn himself in about 11 p.m.

"It was a tragic thing. It was poor judgment in leaving the scene," said the agent, Steve Zucker. "He panicked."

Two men _ Demont Matthews, 23, and Joseph Wood, 21, both of Plano _ died after being struck, a spokesman for the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office said. A third man was also injured.

Senior Cpl. Diana Watts, a police spokeswoman, said the first accident occurred about 2:15 a.m. when a car caught fire after it clipped the back of a northbound semi-trailer truck. Both vehicles became disabled in the second to the left lane of the 11100 block of I-35E, also known as North Stemmons Freeway.

Police said witnesses told them that the driver of the gray BMW was speeding at about 110 mph on the freeway, between Walnut Hill Lane and Royal Lane in northwest Dallas.

Watts said the man who was trapped in the flaming car escaped without major injuries. A third rescuer suffered a broken leg, but he was expected to be released from Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Matthews was a passenger of the flaming car, and he jumped out to help the driver. He was soon joined by Wood and another man who came from across the highway.

"While they were doing that, a gray BMW struck all three of them," Watts said.

Matthews died at the scene, and Wood died about three hours later at Parkland, according to reports.

Zucker said Goodrich swerved to avoid an accident and "hit something." The agent said Goodrich didn't realize the significance until Tuesday morning, when he saw the damage to his car and decided to surrender to police.

According to sources, Goodrich immediately contacted his attorney and met with him at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Dallas lawyer Reed Prospere called police. The police arrived, and Goodrich gave a written statement at 4 p.m.

He surrendered to police, who drove him first to the south entrance of the justice center, where a crowd, including camera crews, was waiting. The unmarked police car then backed out of the jail entrance, and an officer was overheard telling a cameraman that Goodrich had been assured that no cameras would be present.

The police car pulled away from the building, followed by camera crews. A few minutes later, the car returned to the north entrance, and Goodrich, wearing a light blue jogging suit, was hurried into the building.

Calvin Hill, Cowboys consultant for player programs, said, "We were informed on Tuesday of this tragic situation. It is a police matter, and we will continue to monitor the developments. We are deeply saddened for the families who have experienced this loss of life." Goodrich is a third-year cornerback who played mostly on special teams for the Cowboys. He had five tackles this season. The second-round draft pick out of the University of Tennessee played in 11 games this season and made his only NFL start Dec. 21 against Philadelphia.

The deaths occurred less than 24 hours after Dallas police announced a yearlong traffic safety initiative. Officers intend to reduce traffic deaths in the city by strictly enforcing speed limits and seat-belt laws.

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Obviously the lawyer is lying through his teeth. You don't come across an accident while speeding, divert into the median, hit something, and then not think to check for damage until the morning. Unless perhaps you are doped up or drunk as a skunk.

39 posted on 01/14/2003 10:59:42 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Cowboys Player Charged in Fatal Wreck

By CHARLES RICHARDS, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS - Cowboys reserve defensive back Dwayne Goodrich was charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection with a high-speed hit-and-run accident that killed two people and injured two others.

Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokesman Don Peritz said Goodrich was taken to the county jail. A magistrate set bonds of $25,000 for the second-degree felony warrants.

"He turned himself in today and told them what happened. He's devastated. It was a tragic accident," Goodrich's agent, Stephen Zucker, told The Associated Press.

Peritz said Goodrich was to be arraigned in a process that could take several hours.

"We were informed on Tuesday of this tragic situation. It is a police matter, and we will continue to monitor the developments," said Calvin Hill, coordinator of the Player Assistance department for the Cowboys. "We are deeply saddened for the families who have experienced the loss of life."

Police said a car clipped a tractor-trailer rig and caught fire about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 35 in North Dallas.

As three people came to help the driver out of the burning car, another car came speeding through the scene at an estimated 110 mph. Officers said the driver tried to swerve between the disabled vehicles and hit several people, two of whom were killed.

"While they were doing that, a gray BMW struck all three of them," said Senior Cpl. Diana Watts, a Dallas police spokeswoman.

She said the driver tried to weave around the disabled vehicles but could not avoid hitting the rescuers.

The dead were identified as Joseph Wood, 21, and Demont Matthews, 23. The other rescuer had a broken leg. The driver was not seriously injured.

Police said there were no skid marks to indicate the car's speed or that it tried to stop.

Zucker said he last talked to the 24-year-old defensive back by telephone Tuesday night. Zucker declined to discuss the accident.

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Goodrich was arrested in September 1999, during his senior year at Tennessee, on a charge of disorderly conduct. Those charges were later dropped, but Goodrich conceded that he was "drinking too much."

40 posted on 01/14/2003 11:08:02 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (NFL = National Felons League)
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