• Video captures wrong-way Ohio driver who killed 3
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[release][IMG]http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/theindependent.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/7c/67c5c15b-4cb0-53cc-bc9e-bec3809373cb/4f5840410de32.preview-300.jpg[/IMG] In this undated combination photo released by Bowling Green State University, shown from left is, Sarah Hammond, 21, a junior from Yellow Springs, Ohio, Rebekah Blakkolb, 20, a junior from Aurora, Ohio, and Christina Goyett, 19, a sophomore from Bay City, Mich. The three sorority sisters were killed in an automobile accident on Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Bowling Green State University) A wrong-way interstate driver slammed into a car full of sorority sisters on spring break about one minute after an Ohio trooper received a report about the errant driver, according to dashboard camera video released Wednesday by the State Highway Patrol.The footage shows the wrong-way driver seconds before the crash that killed the driver and three of the Bowling Green University students on Interstate 75 south of Toledo. The early morning crash on Friday also left two other students in critical condition.The five Alpha Xi Delta members were in the car as they caravanned with 11 other sisters in separate cars to the Detroit airport for a trip to the Dominican Republic.Just minutes after the crash, the video records the voice of an unidentified Alpha Xi Delta member, saying: "Sir, what can we do to help? They were with us. Those are our sisters. We were all on spring break.""I want you to go, just go stay by the car," the trooper says. "Stay with the car, please. Go stay up there with the car."The video shows the trooper shifting lanes to avoid the car one minute after pulling into northbound traffic to find it.The crash happens about 10 seconds later, just after the trooper turns around. He makes it to the scene 25 seconds later.He's heard saying, "Bowling Green, give me a squad."As he begins to investigate, trucks are slowly stopping and pulling around.Lt. Anne Ralston of the Patrol said the trooper was limited by the short amount of time between the call and the crash."It didn't really afford us the opportunity to use any other tactics," she said. "It really limited what he was able to do."She said a goal in such instance is to first locate the threat then try to mitigate it. A number of factors are considered including time of day, amount of traffic, the road conditions, if any other officers are able to help, how easily officers will be able to get the driver to stop and the driver's condition _ such as any medical issue or impairment."These types of calls of one-way drivers, especially on the interstate, are very dangerous, obviously, and very unpredictable and there's really no set rules on how to handle that, just because every incident is so different," she said.Killed in the crash were Sarah Hammond, 21, a junior from Yellow Springs, Rebekah Blakkolb, 20, a junior from Aurora and sophomore Christina Goyett, 19, from Bay City, Mich. The wrong-way driver, Winifred Lein, 69, of Perrysburg, was traveling alone and was pronounced dead at the scene.[/release] [URL]http://www.theindependent.com/news/national/video-captures-wrong-way-ohio-driver-who-killed/article_d9ae2c0f-8418-5b84-9236-a5b35ac5d5ec.html[/URL] VIDEO MIGHT BE NSFW: [video=youtube;_o9PDy5xflY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o9PDy5xflY&context=C4b2dd58ADvjVQa1PpcFO6 V4W-KlosSpf2oqelvkwjWWa5UzniKew=[/video]
That's really horrific. I wonder what caused the old woman to go the wrong way.
Damn, why does it always have to be the hot ones?
Maaaannn Thats some fucked up shit.
[QUOTE=chronochicke;35052186]Damn, why does it always have to be the hot ones?[/QUOTE] cause it matters if theyre hot or not
This is why you don't allow old people to drive.
they were hot
I would stick my car in their garage.
[QUOTE=SataniX;35052208]This is why you don't allow old people to drive.[/QUOTE] I'm getting the feeling there's more to this than him being old. It doesn't mention if he was drunk or high at the time. He could have been suffering from dementia, Alzheimer's, or even depression. If he was suicidal, that might explain why he drove head-on into a car fast enough to kill himself. It's sad, but sometimes people do kill themselves that way.
[QUOTE=JETFIGHTER5;35052182]That's really horrific. I wonder what caused the old woman to go the wrong way.[/QUOTE] I live in a town (next to the 3rd girl coincidently) that has a grid of one-ways downtown. Old people constantly get confused and drive down the street the wrong way since there are multiple lanes. Even when cars will swerve around them, they just keep cruising like nothing is wrong. We really need to have everyone over the age of 65 take a yearly driving test or something.
I always hate when I read about this stuff, makes me scared to be in a car.
[url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s07e10-grey-dawn]This is relevant.[/url] Poor girls.
Wait... holy shit, I know them! They were sorority sisters or something at Bowling Green, a friend of mine was in that sorority... I met all 3 of these people. I haven't heard of this other than this thread... ):
[QUOTE=Scot;35052333]I always hate when I read about this stuff, makes me scared to be in a car.[/QUOTE] fuck being scared driving a car, what about the poor motorcycle drivers
[QUOTE=Olas;35052302]I live in a town (next to the 3rd girl coincidently) that has a grid of one-ways downtown. Old people constantly get confused and drive down the street the wrong way since there are multiple lanes. Even when cars will swerve around them, they just keep cruising like nothing is wrong. We really need to have everyone over the age of 65 take a yearly driving test or something.[/QUOTE] Old people are like that everywhere, although I don't disagree with the idea of an annual test over 65. Maybe people who are younger than 65 but also have medical conditions that can affect motor skills should take the test, if their condition is bad enough.
Jesus Christ. I hate watching these.
[QUOTE=Javascript;35052760]Wait... holy shit, I know them! They were sorority sisters or something at Bowling Green, a friend of mine was in that sorority... I met all 3 of these people. I haven't heard of this other than this thread... ):[/QUOTE] Are you from Cleveland? I have a friend in that sorority too, and I've met one of the girls who lived. Small world.
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