RiversideS13
10-31-2006, 12:43 PM
Riversides cops are now aggressively look for racers on the street, so be careful. I got pull over and asked if i am going to a street race (WTF)
CBS) RIVERSIDE, Calif. Two teenage boys were in custody Friday in connection with an apparent street race in a residential neighborhood in which a woman in a wheelchair was killed, police said.
Reyna DeLeon, 38, died around 6 last night when a Volkswagen driven by a 16-year-old boy slammed into her on the sidewalk, according to Riverside police.
The 16-year-old and a 17-year-old in a Honda CRX were speeding north on Olivewood Avenue, near downtown Riverside, around 6 last night when the younger driver lost control, causing the Jetta to veer onto a sidewalk and smash into DeLeon, said Steven Frasher of the Riverside Police Department.
The woman and her wheelchair were dragged down the street until the car crashed into a light pole, he said.
"When you have racing like this, in a densely populated residential section of town, the chances are that much greater that something is going to go wrong, and it did," Frasher said.
The drivers were arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter.
Because of their ages, their names were not released.
"There could be an enhancement to the charges for illegal street racing," Frasher said.
Most street racing occurs in the "industrial parts of the city and Orange Grove areas ... it's a big problem out there," he said. "It's a dumb proposition anytime. Doing it in a residential area is doubly stupid."
Witnesses told The Press-Enterprise that illegal racing in the area where the death occurred has become a serious problem. "It's worrisome," Dulce Vasquez, an area resident, told the newspaper. "Especially when you're walking."
Vasquez pointed out that the street lamp the 16-year-old suspect ran into bore signs of several recent collisions.
DeLeon's neighbors told the P-E that she lived in a nearby apartment complex. Her son apparently heard the crash and ran over to see what had happened, the paper reported.
When he realized it was his mother beneath the wrecked Volkswagen, he tried to get to her, but was held back by onlookers, Vasquez said.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_300162649.html
CBS) RIVERSIDE, Calif. Two teenage boys were in custody Friday in connection with an apparent street race in a residential neighborhood in which a woman in a wheelchair was killed, police said.
Reyna DeLeon, 38, died around 6 last night when a Volkswagen driven by a 16-year-old boy slammed into her on the sidewalk, according to Riverside police.
The 16-year-old and a 17-year-old in a Honda CRX were speeding north on Olivewood Avenue, near downtown Riverside, around 6 last night when the younger driver lost control, causing the Jetta to veer onto a sidewalk and smash into DeLeon, said Steven Frasher of the Riverside Police Department.
The woman and her wheelchair were dragged down the street until the car crashed into a light pole, he said.
"When you have racing like this, in a densely populated residential section of town, the chances are that much greater that something is going to go wrong, and it did," Frasher said.
The drivers were arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter.
Because of their ages, their names were not released.
"There could be an enhancement to the charges for illegal street racing," Frasher said.
Most street racing occurs in the "industrial parts of the city and Orange Grove areas ... it's a big problem out there," he said. "It's a dumb proposition anytime. Doing it in a residential area is doubly stupid."
Witnesses told The Press-Enterprise that illegal racing in the area where the death occurred has become a serious problem. "It's worrisome," Dulce Vasquez, an area resident, told the newspaper. "Especially when you're walking."
Vasquez pointed out that the street lamp the 16-year-old suspect ran into bore signs of several recent collisions.
DeLeon's neighbors told the P-E that she lived in a nearby apartment complex. Her son apparently heard the crash and ran over to see what had happened, the paper reported.
When he realized it was his mother beneath the wrecked Volkswagen, he tried to get to her, but was held back by onlookers, Vasquez said.
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_300162649.html