This happens all the time because in stupid macho latin culture reckless
driving is completely accepted, even if you kill people.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_10532905
Richmond crash underscores policy argument over illegal immigrants
Critics say checkpoints in Richmond unfairly target Latinos; officers cite
need to keep city safe
By Karl Fischer
Article Launched: 09/22/2008 06:23:05 PM PDT
Ricardo Samayoa carried neither a driver's license nor vehicle
registration
when he barreled through a red light in Richmond on Monday morning behind
the wheel of a friend's s****t utility vehicle.
The 33-year-old Guatemalan also lacked residency do***ents — exactly the
kind of driver social-justice advocates say Richmond police hunt during
their monthly, traffic-stopping checkpoints around the city.
Samayoa wounded six people, himself most seriously, when he sped through
the intersection of Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue about 45 mph
and
crashed the borrowed GMC Yukon into a Honda containing two women and a
pair
of 3-year-old girls, police said.
The 7:25 a.m. collision also seriously hurt a 19-year-old woman walking
across Seventh with the green light. The Yukon hit her as it flipped on
its
roof, knocking her about 40 feet, Officer Al DeJesus said. She remained at
a hospital Monday evening. Police expect her to survive. The Honda
occupants — including the children, who were properly belted into car
seats
— were not seriously hurt,
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