And yet another street racing death & Injuries in San Diego (Santee) June 12th

Re: And yet another street racing death & Injuries in San Diego (Santee) June 12th

Stupid, When we did this crap when I was a kid it was on back (WAY BACK) country roads...the only people we were gonna kill were ourselves...

[Gary 351C]

Re: And yet another street racing death & Injuries in San Diego (Santee) June 12th

11 AM on a busy street? : It reminds me of another one a few years ago in Santa Ana Ca. Two morons racing down Main street at 9 AM, one of them t-boned a guy in his 80's driving a '68 Chevelle killing him. Sad... and stupid!

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: And yet another street racing death & Injuries in San Diego (Santee) June 12th

Alrighty Joe...I'll bite.

You seem to classify your self as one of the "good drivers".

Qualify yourself as one of the "good drivers" what have you done to cement yourself in that category? Now the answer I'm looking for includes stuff like actual competiton driving, schools, or other formal driving activity. No horse crap about driving 90mph go karts as a kid or pickup trucks as an infant.

Let's hear it Joe.

Brian

[Joeys66chevy]

Re: And yet another street racing death & Injuries in San Diego (Santee) June 12

you notice its only the bad drivers crashing and killing people but the good ones live to tell about it....that to me just seems like natures way of saying stop driving

[1320AWestCoastStory.com]

Street Racing Car Accident Kills One in Santee, California
June 12th, 2008

A car accident, possibly caused by street racing, has killed one person and injured three others in Santee. The crash occurred at the intersection of Mast Boulevard and Halberns Boulevard.

The two cars, witnesses say, were involved in a street race at the intersection, which has long been known as a magnet for street racing. One was a Dodge Neon and the other is suspected to be a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse. Cars frequently race here at all times of the days, sometimes even ending up in people’s houses from the speed. In this case, the two drivers were allegedly racing at 11 am on westbound Mast Boulevard, when one of the cars hit a median and crashed into a pickup truck going in the opposite direction. The driver of the car was killed, while his two passengers were injured. The driver of the pickup has been reported to be in stable condition, and has been treated for his injuries at a local hospital.

Neighbors who live near the scene of the car accident complain that nothing is being done about the increasing amount of street racing in the area. Kids aren’t safe outside anymore, they complain, and it’s normal to have cars jumping off curbs and onto sidewalks.

In this case, the person dead and his passengers who were injured were teenagers. The diver died at the scene and his passengers were flown to Sharp Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Police are currently on the lookout for the other vehicle that was involved in the street racing car accident – the Mitsubishi Eclipse. That driver sped off after the car accident.

Meanwhile, families of the teenager who died and those who have been injured have a difficult time ahead of them. The impact of the crash, police say, was severe and the driver died before emergency crew could arrive at the scene.

Street racing is dangerous, not just for the persons involved, but also for the safety of others on the road. In this car accident, the driver of the pickup truck, who was an unfortunate victim of the follies of a teenager high on adrenaline, was left with no severe injuries to report. But it could have easily been a fatal situation. For people to be driving at such speeds and so recklessly on a busy road can have terrible consequences, and it’s worrying that the police have not shown any interest in tackling this problem.