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  • Boxing Great Pernell Whitaker Gone At 55 After Being Hit By A Car While Walking!

    07/15/2019 4:39:07 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Tommy Sotomayor News Raw ^ | July 15, 2019 | Tommy Sotomayor
    Boxing Great Pernell Whitaker Gone At 55 After Being Hit By A Car While Walking! video is only 5 minutes long
  • Former champion Whitaker hit by car, dies

    07/15/2019 8:26:17 AM PDT · by ScottinVA · 14 replies
    ESPN ^ | 15 July 2019 | Dan Rafael
    Pernell Whitaker, a longtime pound-for-pound king and one of the greatest boxers in history, was killed Sunday night when he was hit by a car in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 55. The Virginia Beach Police Department said that the incident remains an active investigation but that Whitaker was apparently hit by a vehicle at around 10 p.m. Sunday when he was walking at an intersection. "When officers arrived on scene they located an adult male victim who had been hit by a vehicle. The victim succumbed to his injuries on the scene," Virginia Beach Police Department spokesman L.M. Bauder...
  • Local boxing legend, Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, dies after being hit by vehicle in Virginia Beach

    07/15/2019 8:27:16 AM PDT · by C19fan · 28 replies
    WTKR ^ | July 15, 2019 | Nick Boykin
    Norfolk native and boxing legend, Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, 55, died Sunday evening after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach near the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road. A family member confirmed to News 3 that the Olympic gold medal winner and four-weight world champion was killed in the 10 p.m., crash. Police said the driver of the vehicle that allegedly struck Whitaker stayed at the scene and is cooperating with officers.