From TheWBALChannel.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A man from Riverdale was killed when he was struck Sunday morning by a car that was allegedly racing another car.
Police Seek Racing Vehicles
Anne Arundel County police said Chelliah Johnson, 53, was hit as he was attempting to cross Laurel Fort Meade Road just before 9 a.m. Sunday. An unknown type of car -- possibly an Acura Integra -- hit Johnson as two vehicles were seen racing east on Laurel Fort Meade Road.
Investigators said as a result of the impact, Johnson was thrown more than 225 feet down the roadway while severing both legs and an arm. Both vehicles fled the scene without stopping.
Based on the evidence at the collision scene, police said the striking vehicle probably sustained at least a broken tinted headlight cover, a broken headlight, damage to the front of the vehicle and possibly a broken windshield. Due to the injuries and the distance the victim was thrown, investigators said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when the collision occurred.
Posted by Muddy at August 12, 2003 02:15 AM | TrackBackThis is one of the saddest most disturbing things I've heard in a while.
225 is a very long distance, a football field is 300 feet long, so you can imagine how far that poor guy flew.
I'd love to see the kids get the death penalty, at the very least life with no parole.