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5 people injured in street racing accident
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5 people injured in street racing accident
this happend about 2 days ago, in Gastonia, NC.... a bunch of people hang out on a 2 mile road, 3 lanes, going each way...and race from light to light.....cops are also out there, and they never do anything about the racing, until now supposidly....scroll down for the article
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Sorry.....here it is
DRIVER AT LARGE, 5 RECOVERING AFTER GASTONIA WRECK
Crash revs racing concerns
Officials ready to make another bid to curb illegal pastime in area
DÁNICA COTO
Staff Writer
GASTONIA - Police were still looking Tuesday for a driver who lost control of his Chevrolet Camaro during a street race Monday night and plowed into a line of people in front of an ice cream shop, sending five to the hospital.
Police said Tuesday that they know who owns the Camaro and believe he was driving, but had not been able to find him as of 9 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the second driver was a woman who returned to the scene that night, initially claiming a friend was driving the green Mitsubishi Eclipse that was racing the Camaro. No charges had been filed against either driver.
The incident was the latest example of the dangers of street-racing, a popular pastime in many Charlotte-area communities. It's also an ongoing enforcement problem for police, who say all it takes is a simple nod, flick of the lights or revved up engine to spark a race.
Five people were taken to the hospital after the crash. Nicholas Pappas, 29, and Mathew Weir, 20, both of Gastonia, were airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Their conditions were unavailable.
Three others -- Brandi Armstrong, 22, of Rock Hill, Tara Collins of Gastonia and Jennifer Baldwin, 20, of Gastonia -- were treated at Gaston Memorial Hospital and released.
Baldwin, who was thrown 20 feet through the air Monday night when the car hit her as she waited for a pineapple Blizzard at the Dairy Queen along Franklin Boulevard, said people should be more responsible.
"I'm sure the drivers weren't thinking, `Oh, if I do this, it's ... going to affect somebody else,' " she said. "They could've killed someone."
Sixteen people died in the Carolinas -- nine in North Carolina and seven in South Carolina -- from 1998 to 2003 in race-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In Gastonia, police plan to meet with teenagers, cruisers and wanna-be racers Friday at Gastonia's Adult Recreation Center to talk about alternatives to street-racing. The meeting was planned before the wreck, which police said highlighted the need for a joint police-community attack plan.
They've already contacted Patrick Dagenhart, youth pastor at First Wesleyan Church across from the Dairy Queen. He started a cruisers' night last summer, giving drivers free food and drinks as they hang out in the church's parking lot and ogle each other's cars.
"You go up and down Franklin on a Friday night, and you'll see cruisers everywhere," Dagenhart said. "We wanted to give them a safe haven."
Racing along Franklin Boulevard is a time-honored tradition that attracts people from as far as Morganton, racers said. Although Gastonia police have targeted racers for years, they say it's hard to get rid of them.
"Our problem runs from New Hope Road to Myrtle School Road," said Sgt. Dee Dee Rhinehart. "That's about 50 blocks. ... The police can't be everywhere. That's why we really rely on citizens."
After a racing-related death on Franklin Boulevard several years ago, then-City Manager Danny Crew formed a task force of police who were paid overtime to patrol for street-racers and related problems, Rhinehart said. The strip "pretty much looked like a ghost town," she said.
But the department became strapped for officers and money, making it impossible to keep the task force, she said.
About three weeks ago, Gastonia officers again began targeting street-racing and other problems along Franklin Boulevard. They posted "No Trespassing" signs in the parking lots of businesses in hopes of breaking up group meetings that police say lead to racing.
Street-racing has become even more sophisticated in recent years as drivers use the Internet, walkie-talkies and police scanners to plan races and avoid authorities, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Sgt. Ricky Robbins.
While some cities nationwide have formed special areas for racers, he said, all plans for sanctioned racing strips in Charlotte have fallen apart when officials see the price tag. Instead, he said, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police try to intercept planned races with sting operations.
Gastonia resident Terran Ramseur, 24, is among those who meet at places such as Burger King, McDonald's and an Amoco gas station along Franklin Boulevard. He said he last raced in January, topping 100 mph in a contest with two other cars. They were driving along Wilkinson Boulevard east of Gastonia, which turns into Franklin Boulevard in the city.
"We weren't really drag-racing, just out having a little fun," he said, adding that he got a ticket.
Ramseur and Carrie Morris, 23, a witness to the Monday wreck who said she's a former street-racer, say racing is not limited to Franklin Boulevard. People bet on races elsewhere, and there's talk of title-for-title racing along Interstate 85, they said. Whoever loses the race gives up their car, they said.
Some of the races spill over into Belmont, but not too often, said Lt. D.D. Bryson with the Belmont Police Department.
"It's really a Gastonia problem because of the cruising thing," he said.
"They did it when I was in high school. It's been a forever thing up there."
Spontaneous races also happen on U.S. 74 in Monroe, said Assistant Police Chief Lane Richardson. Police there charged seven people with racing last year, he said. One case was a pre-arranged race, while the rest were spontaneous, he said.
A person interested in racing usually will flick their lights, rev their engine or yell at another driver, Morris said.
"After so many times of being intimidated, it's kind of like, leave me alone. I'll race you," she said. "I don't know anybody from North Carolina who doesn't like racing. You've got the home of Dale Earnhardt."
-- STAFF WRITERS EMILY S. ACHENBAUM, ALICE GREGORY HARTNETT, LENA WARMACK AND KYTJA WEIR AND STAFF RESEARCHER SARA KLEMMER CONTRIBUTED.
-- DÁNICA COTO: (704) 868-7731; [email protected]
DRIVER AT LARGE, 5 RECOVERING AFTER GASTONIA WRECK
Crash revs racing concerns
Officials ready to make another bid to curb illegal pastime in area
DÁNICA COTO
Staff Writer
GASTONIA - Police were still looking Tuesday for a driver who lost control of his Chevrolet Camaro during a street race Monday night and plowed into a line of people in front of an ice cream shop, sending five to the hospital.
Police said Tuesday that they know who owns the Camaro and believe he was driving, but had not been able to find him as of 9 p.m. Tuesday. Police said the second driver was a woman who returned to the scene that night, initially claiming a friend was driving the green Mitsubishi Eclipse that was racing the Camaro. No charges had been filed against either driver.
The incident was the latest example of the dangers of street-racing, a popular pastime in many Charlotte-area communities. It's also an ongoing enforcement problem for police, who say all it takes is a simple nod, flick of the lights or revved up engine to spark a race.
Five people were taken to the hospital after the crash. Nicholas Pappas, 29, and Mathew Weir, 20, both of Gastonia, were airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Their conditions were unavailable.
Three others -- Brandi Armstrong, 22, of Rock Hill, Tara Collins of Gastonia and Jennifer Baldwin, 20, of Gastonia -- were treated at Gaston Memorial Hospital and released.
Baldwin, who was thrown 20 feet through the air Monday night when the car hit her as she waited for a pineapple Blizzard at the Dairy Queen along Franklin Boulevard, said people should be more responsible.
"I'm sure the drivers weren't thinking, `Oh, if I do this, it's ... going to affect somebody else,' " she said. "They could've killed someone."
Sixteen people died in the Carolinas -- nine in North Carolina and seven in South Carolina -- from 1998 to 2003 in race-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In Gastonia, police plan to meet with teenagers, cruisers and wanna-be racers Friday at Gastonia's Adult Recreation Center to talk about alternatives to street-racing. The meeting was planned before the wreck, which police said highlighted the need for a joint police-community attack plan.
They've already contacted Patrick Dagenhart, youth pastor at First Wesleyan Church across from the Dairy Queen. He started a cruisers' night last summer, giving drivers free food and drinks as they hang out in the church's parking lot and ogle each other's cars.
"You go up and down Franklin on a Friday night, and you'll see cruisers everywhere," Dagenhart said. "We wanted to give them a safe haven."
Racing along Franklin Boulevard is a time-honored tradition that attracts people from as far as Morganton, racers said. Although Gastonia police have targeted racers for years, they say it's hard to get rid of them.
"Our problem runs from New Hope Road to Myrtle School Road," said Sgt. Dee Dee Rhinehart. "That's about 50 blocks. ... The police can't be everywhere. That's why we really rely on citizens."
After a racing-related death on Franklin Boulevard several years ago, then-City Manager Danny Crew formed a task force of police who were paid overtime to patrol for street-racers and related problems, Rhinehart said. The strip "pretty much looked like a ghost town," she said.
But the department became strapped for officers and money, making it impossible to keep the task force, she said.
About three weeks ago, Gastonia officers again began targeting street-racing and other problems along Franklin Boulevard. They posted "No Trespassing" signs in the parking lots of businesses in hopes of breaking up group meetings that police say lead to racing.
Street-racing has become even more sophisticated in recent years as drivers use the Internet, walkie-talkies and police scanners to plan races and avoid authorities, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Sgt. Ricky Robbins.
While some cities nationwide have formed special areas for racers, he said, all plans for sanctioned racing strips in Charlotte have fallen apart when officials see the price tag. Instead, he said, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police try to intercept planned races with sting operations.
Gastonia resident Terran Ramseur, 24, is among those who meet at places such as Burger King, McDonald's and an Amoco gas station along Franklin Boulevard. He said he last raced in January, topping 100 mph in a contest with two other cars. They were driving along Wilkinson Boulevard east of Gastonia, which turns into Franklin Boulevard in the city.
"We weren't really drag-racing, just out having a little fun," he said, adding that he got a ticket.
Ramseur and Carrie Morris, 23, a witness to the Monday wreck who said she's a former street-racer, say racing is not limited to Franklin Boulevard. People bet on races elsewhere, and there's talk of title-for-title racing along Interstate 85, they said. Whoever loses the race gives up their car, they said.
Some of the races spill over into Belmont, but not too often, said Lt. D.D. Bryson with the Belmont Police Department.
"It's really a Gastonia problem because of the cruising thing," he said.
"They did it when I was in high school. It's been a forever thing up there."
Spontaneous races also happen on U.S. 74 in Monroe, said Assistant Police Chief Lane Richardson. Police there charged seven people with racing last year, he said. One case was a pre-arranged race, while the rest were spontaneous, he said.
A person interested in racing usually will flick their lights, rev their engine or yell at another driver, Morris said.
"After so many times of being intimidated, it's kind of like, leave me alone. I'll race you," she said. "I don't know anybody from North Carolina who doesn't like racing. You've got the home of Dale Earnhardt."
-- STAFF WRITERS EMILY S. ACHENBAUM, ALICE GREGORY HARTNETT, LENA WARMACK AND KYTJA WEIR AND STAFF RESEARCHER SARA KLEMMER CONTRIBUTED.
-- DÁNICA COTO: (704) 868-7731; [email protected]
yeah in teh past 2 weeks there have been 2 incidents already with deaths down here in Miami, one was a 300c racing like 2 other cars.. 300c hit an older corolla and killed the lady who was 8 months pregnant.. then a 350z (cop driving it) was showing off at 4am lost control, took down 3 palm tree's and hit a Navigator, guy is in critical condition and passenger managed to crawl out. When rescue came and pryed them out of the car the car blew up minutes later
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