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Save It For The Track Dummies!
CAR PLOWS INTO CROWD IN GASTONIA, NC. 5 HURT, 1 SEVERELY, AS VEHICLE CRASHES INTO LINE AT DAIRY QUEEN
A drag-racing car plowed into a crowd of people waiting in line for ice cream in downtown Gastonia on Monday night, throwing people as far as 20 feet and knocking some of them out of their shoes. Five people were injured, at least one of them seriously. As of early this morning, Gastonia police were still looking for the two drivers who had been racing down the popular main drag, Sgt. Jeff Clark said. The driver of the car that crashed outside the Dairy Queen ran from the scene.
A drag-racing car plowed into a crowd of people waiting in line for ice cream in downtown Gastonia on Monday night, throwing people as far as 20 feet and knocking some of them out of their shoes. Five people were injured, at least one of them seriously. As of early this morning, Gastonia police were still looking for the two drivers who had been racing down the popular main drag, Sgt. Jeff Clark said. The driver of the car that crashed outside the Dairy Queen ran from the scene.
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I heard about this. Hope they find the drivers and throw the book at them. Prayers being said for the injured. 
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Charlotte Observer - Posted on Thu, May. 26, 2005
Woman held in racing incident
Police continue search for driver who crashed into line of people
by DÁNICA COTO - Staff Writer
GASTONIA - Police arrested a Belmont woman Wednesday in connection with the street-racing wreck Monday night that injured five people at the Dairy Queen on Franklin Boulevard.
Sara Marie Wall, 21, of the 400 block of Heather Glen Lane turned herself in and was charged with speed competition and reckless driving/wanton disregard for the rights and safety of others, both misdemeanors. She was being held on $2,500 bail at Gaston County Jail. Police said her car didn't hit anyone or anything.
Wall has been found guilty of speeding on several occasions, according to N.C. court records. A man who identified himself as her father declined to comment.
Gastonia police said Wednesday they still hadn't found the driver of a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro that hit a pole while apparently racing Wall and spun into the line of patrons. Authorities are not releasing his name, said spokeswoman Donna Lahser.
One of the witnesses, Amy Pruitt, 19, of Bessemer City, said some people she knows have raced with Wall before. She said she heard engines revving Monday night and turned to look.
"It's not unusual for people to race on Franklin," Pruitt said. "We were looking to see who was racing and what kind of cars they had."
John Baldwin is the father of Jennifer Baldwin, 20, who was thrown 20 feet through the air when the Camaro hit her. He said he's relieved to hear the woman turned herself in.
"I hope that maybe their conscience got the best of them and that maybe they're ready to accept responsibility for their actions," he said. "Neither Jennifer nor myself are angry, but it brings a little more closure to it."
Three people have been released from the hospital since the wreck.
Mathew Weir, 20, is in fair condition at Carolinas Medical Center, officials said. Nicholas Pappas, 29, remains at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
"He's in major pain," said a man who identified himself only as Pappas' brother when he answered the phone at the hospital room.
Police are asking teenagers, business owners and anyone else interested in finding solutions to street racing to meet at 6 p.m. Friday at the Adult Recreation Center, 519 W. Franklin Blvd.
The meeting had been scheduled before the wreck occurred Monday night.
From 1998 to 2003, nine people in North Carolina and seven people in South Carolina died in race-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Police continue search for driver who crashed into line of people
by DÁNICA COTO - Staff Writer
GASTONIA - Police arrested a Belmont woman Wednesday in connection with the street-racing wreck Monday night that injured five people at the Dairy Queen on Franklin Boulevard.
Sara Marie Wall, 21, of the 400 block of Heather Glen Lane turned herself in and was charged with speed competition and reckless driving/wanton disregard for the rights and safety of others, both misdemeanors. She was being held on $2,500 bail at Gaston County Jail. Police said her car didn't hit anyone or anything.
Wall has been found guilty of speeding on several occasions, according to N.C. court records. A man who identified himself as her father declined to comment.
Gastonia police said Wednesday they still hadn't found the driver of a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro that hit a pole while apparently racing Wall and spun into the line of patrons. Authorities are not releasing his name, said spokeswoman Donna Lahser.
One of the witnesses, Amy Pruitt, 19, of Bessemer City, said some people she knows have raced with Wall before. She said she heard engines revving Monday night and turned to look.
"It's not unusual for people to race on Franklin," Pruitt said. "We were looking to see who was racing and what kind of cars they had."
John Baldwin is the father of Jennifer Baldwin, 20, who was thrown 20 feet through the air when the Camaro hit her. He said he's relieved to hear the woman turned herself in.
"I hope that maybe their conscience got the best of them and that maybe they're ready to accept responsibility for their actions," he said. "Neither Jennifer nor myself are angry, but it brings a little more closure to it."
Three people have been released from the hospital since the wreck.
Mathew Weir, 20, is in fair condition at Carolinas Medical Center, officials said. Nicholas Pappas, 29, remains at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
"He's in major pain," said a man who identified himself only as Pappas' brother when he answered the phone at the hospital room.
Police are asking teenagers, business owners and anyone else interested in finding solutions to street racing to meet at 6 p.m. Friday at the Adult Recreation Center, 519 W. Franklin Blvd.
The meeting had been scheduled before the wreck occurred Monday night.
From 1998 to 2003, nine people in North Carolina and seven people in South Carolina died in race-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Originally Posted by Trainman-2
Five people were injured, at least one of them seriously.
While it doesn't appear that the people were racing, theres been a rash of hit 'n runs in New York City. A mom and her child were run down and killed and the scum took off. A fireman injured by one of them and a woman was so injured by another that she lost one of her legs in the hit N run.I'm all for considering that if one of these bottom feeders hit someone, seriously injury them or kill them and then run...they should be tried for attempted murder/murder.....
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