Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track
This incident happened in PG county, MD. I'm not 100% sure of the location but I know MIR is just down Rt. 3 a ways from PG county. To put into perspective, I live near Baltimore and go to MIR, and these people are AT LEAST 40 minutes closer to MIR than I am. Karl Groves AIM/YIM: karlcore Skype: eight.pistons www.WebAccessStrategies.com 25,000+ Antique and Classic Cars For Sale: www.thehotrodclassifieds.com New listings added literally every minute! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:58 PM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track I heard this story on the news and at that time I was wondering, would having more available tracks around, would that help with the illegal street racing? I feel really bad for the families involved and wish them the best after this unfortunate accident. _ Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-du ffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598 the video on AOL Living.
Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track
I that happened on Rt 210 on the border of PG and charles county. Jim Buckingham _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Groves Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:46 AM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track This incident happened in PG county, MD. I'm not 100% sure of the location but I know MIR is just down Rt. 3 a ways from PG county. To put into perspective, I live near Baltimore and go to MIR, and these people are AT LEAST 40 minutes closer to MIR than I am. Karl Groves AIM/YIM: karlcore Skype: eight.pistons www.WebAccessStrategies.com 25,000+ Antique and Classic Cars For Sale: www.thehotrodclassifieds.com New listings added literally every minute! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:58 PM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track I heard this story on the news and at that time I was wondering, would having more available tracks around, would that help with the illegal street racing? I feel really bad for the families involved and wish them the best after this unfortunate accident. _ Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-du ffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598 the video on AOL Living.
Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track
I heard this story on the news and at that time I was wondering, would having more available tracks around, would that help with the illegal street racing? I feel really bad for the families involved and wish them the best after this unfortunate accident. **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598)
Re: [Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track
That is right in my backyard. I live in Waldorf. What guy would bring his children and grandkids to a street race at 3 in the morning? Then step in the middle of the road to watch? There were just bodies everywhere; it was horrible, said Crystal Gaines, 27, whose father was among the dead. Gaines said she grabbed her child but could not help her father, William Gaines Sr., 61. He wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving, she said. His body was in pieces. Prince George's County Police Cpl. Clinton Copeland said a tractor-trailer came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash. [Jim Thompson] The tire smoke was like a fog across the highway. The poor bastard who came along just drove into the fog. How was he to know people were standing in the middle of the road looking the other way. There are no street lights or traffic signal there. You are more or less in the country side. The speed limit is 55 but even in rush hour you need to do 70 to stay with traffic. I expect teenagers to do these things. I was young and dumb one time too. Who do you blame? the drivers? No the audience? Jim
[Chevelle-list] Horrific - keep it on the track
Police: 8 dead in likely drag-race crash Car plows into crowd that apparently gathered to watch the race, police say ACCOKEEK, Md. - Police in Maryland say an eighth person has died after a car roared into a crowd that was watching a drag race on a suburban highway. Authorities say the driver accidentally drove into the crowd but wasn't part of the race. The spectators had just watched two other cars speed off. Seven people died at the scene. Police say the latest victim died at a hospital. Six others were injured. Witnesses said they had just watched two cars in the illegal street race speed past when the driver of a white Crown Victoria without any lights on came up behind them and veered into the crowd. Police told WRC reporters in Maryland that the drivers involved in the race were doing burnouts, spinning their tires in place and kicking up smoke. The cars took off and the people moved into the roadway to watch as the cars traveled away from the crowd. The driver in the Crown Victoria was traveling on Route 210 and couldn't see the crowd in the roadway because of the smoke around 3:40 a.m., police reported to the NBC affiliate in Maryland. There were just bodies everywhere; it was horrible, said Crystal Gaines, 27, whose father was among the dead. Gaines said she grabbed her child but could not help her father, William Gaines Sr., 61. He wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving, she said. His body was in pieces. Prince George's County Police Cpl. Clinton Copeland said a tractor-trailer came by shortly afterward may also have struck someone on the road as it tried to avoid the crash. A 200-yard crime scene It's probably one of the worst scenes I've seen, Copeland said. This is a situation that could have been avoided, and it's a very tragic situation. Hours after the accident on the divided highway in Accokeek, bodies covered in white sheets were scattered along what police were calling a 200-yard crime scene. Some were in the road, while others were on the shoulder. The sedan came to a rest on an embankment about 150 feet from where the crowd had been. It had a crumpled front and hood, and the roof had partially collapsed. The driver of the white sedan had been interviewed and did not appear to be seriously hurt, but a passenger was among the dead, Police Capt. Donald Frick said. Authorities were working to identify the victims by showing digital photos of them to bystanders who said loved ones had been hurt. John Courtney said after viewing one of the images that his brother, Mark, 33, was among the dead. He liked going to the race track, watching races, Courtney said. It's going to take a toll on my family for a long time. Investigators had more questions than answers, Copeland said. Route 210 has two lanes in each direction and traffic lights about every 150 to 200 yards in Accokeek, about 20 miles south of Washington. In that area, the road is flanked by some businesses but has little traffic in the early hours, Copeland said.
