Hit-run Drag Racers Hit Boy And Girl In Queens

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Old 04-09-2004, 11:37 AM
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Hit-run Drag Racers Hit Boy And Girl In Queens

April 9, 2004 -- Two 14-year-olds were mowed down by two cars believed to have been drag racing on a Queens street last night.
The cars sped off after smashing into the kids at Horace Harding Expressway and Francis Lewis Boulevard in Fresh Meadows just before 9 p.m.

The youngsters, a boy and a girl, were crossing Francis Lewis - a notorious drag strip - when the hit-and-run cars came barreling down the street.

The boy was clinging to life early today and the girl was in critical but stable condition.

An auxiliary cop at the scene said that the cars, a tan Honda and a dark-colored Ford, were racing each other as the children crossed the street.

"They start on Francis Lewis Boulevard, wait for the light to turn green and then they just go," said the auxiliary cop, who asked that his name not be printed.

He said it appeared as though the children had just gotten off a bus.



The unidentified victims were rushed to New York Hospital of Queens.

Cops later found an abandoned red Ford with a smashed windshield on 209th Street that is believed to be one of the cars involved in the crash.

Michael Pope and Zach Haberman



We just got done operating on the boy, he has been in the OR since last night. I relieved people who had been in there since mindnite. The girl just went in

I wanna find and kill those motherfuckers
Old 04-09-2004, 11:48 AM
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Saw this break on the news last night- makes me sick.
I hope the kids pull through it ok.
Old 04-09-2004, 01:31 PM
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if the boy lives, its only because young people have a lot of reserve. The girl is relatively better.
Old 04-09-2004, 01:43 PM
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Why cant ppl just NOT understand that if you wanna race take it down to the track or strip... It aint right to endanger others ppl lives for a stupid race... Take it down to the track, where you can't endanger anyone else... A put you money and mouth right there..

Hopefully the kids will alirght....
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the car they found was stolen from some little old lady, atleast that is what I have heard so far.
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Loseit - Thanks for the update.

They found the red ford so far. No word on the black honda.



They better find these people.
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jackasses, and especially racing that POS
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That was right in front of my high school. Francis Lewis Blvd is notorious for drag racing. Terrible accident. I hope they catch the fuckers
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I know that spot as well. Freaking shame.
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Don't know the places but still a sad thing to hear.

Hopefully they come through fine and they find the people racing and run them over.
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There's a very long run of road there that is uninterupted by lights, turns, stores, intersections etc.... and I have seen many many wrecks all along there.
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Whats the prognosis on the boy? I hope there isnt any cns damage.
If someone did that to my kid, i swear to god, i will raise hell like no other. I really hope the family is finding ways to cope through this. And when the cops find them, just either shoot those motherfuckers or lock them up.
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Originally posted by 6speedctrlfreak
There's a very long run of road there that is uninterupted by lights, turns, stores, intersections etc.... and I have seen many many wrecks all along there.
That section of Franny Lew right by my old HS is a little over a 1/4 mile long. Back in the day, street racers would close off the road and run races there until the police showed up. Many people got killed there over the years though because of blatant stupidity
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