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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:45 am
Santa Fe is a small town in southwest Galveston County. State highway 6 is a wide, flat, rural road with about a 60 MPH speed limit (it varies for reasons known only to TXDOT).
Just to set the scene.
The driver of a Kia sedan reportedly made a left turn across SR 6 around 4:40 p.m. The Kia was struck by an Acura heading in the opposite direction. Reportedly, "A passenger in the back seat of the Kia was ejected from the car and slid under a parked Ford F-250 on the side of the road, ..."
The driver of the Kia continued without stopping. An off-duty police officer followed the Kia until it came to a stop at a residence.
Two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. No charges had been filed at press time.
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BTW, although I'm usually in the position of defending newspapers and reporters, it always annoys me when they say that a vehicle did something. Obviously the driver was in charge, unless the vehicle developed a mind of its own (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? My Mother the Car?).
- Jim
Just to set the scene.
The driver of a Kia sedan reportedly made a left turn across SR 6 around 4:40 p.m. The Kia was struck by an Acura heading in the opposite direction. Reportedly, "A passenger in the back seat of the Kia was ejected from the car and slid under a parked Ford F-250 on the side of the road, ..."
The driver of the Kia continued without stopping. An off-duty police officer followed the Kia until it came to a stop at a residence.
Two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. No charges had been filed at press time.
http://www.galvnews.com/story/157083" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BTW, although I'm usually in the position of defending newspapers and reporters, it always annoys me when they say that a vehicle did something. Obviously the driver was in charge, unless the vehicle developed a mind of its own (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? My Mother the Car?).
- Jim