8 Killed in Drag-Racing Tragedy
Posted on February 20, 2008
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Here’s a nasty little story that you might not have seen, even though it doesn’t involve commercial vehicles. Around 3-4am on Saturday morning, February 16, in suburban Washington, DC (Accokeek, MD, to be exact), 8 people were killed in bizarre fashion.
A crowd of people had gathered to watch a street drag race. As the two racers spun their tires and sped off in a cloud of smoke, ala American Graffitti, the crowd moved into the road to watch. A white Crown Victoria, uninvolved in the drag race, came driving along and plowed into the crowd standing in the road, killing 7 (the 8th died later at the hospital). This is where it gets blurry. Some witnesses say the Crown Vic didn’t have it’s lights on. Some say the 20 year old driver of the Crown Vic was blinded by the smoke, although his statement to the police was that he didn’t remember any smoke. Some say he was drunk, some say he was speeding. The police say it will take weeks to unravel exactly what happened.
I went on the Washington Post website, which should be the closest, largest newspaper to the accident scene. I did a search on “Accokeek Crash”, and came up with 31 hits on their site. I then searched under “Northern Illinois shooting” and came up with 106 hits, which really didn’t surprise me at all. Six people get killed in a shooting: national news. 8 dead in a motor vehicle accident? Pffft, who cares? If these Al-Qaeda ?#%!@s were smart, their next attack would not be via motor vehicle, because the media doesn’t care. If it goes bang or boom, you get coverage, but kill 8 people with a car? Next story.
Note: although my webmaster says I should post lots of pictures, to make the blog look good, and draw traffic, I’ll pass on this one, as the photos are pretty graphic. Go to the link, surf around, you’ll find the pictures, if you really want to.
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