Posted on 05/19/2024 3:19:18 PM PDT by xxqqzz
A high school senior's promising future was tragically cut short three weeks before graduation after he was involved in a devastating car crash that split his car in half. Authorities say the Illinois teen was killed in a "fast and furious" accident caused by a drunk driver racing at 131 mph and had his lights off.
Around 11 p.m. on May 12, 21-year-old Taeyoung Kim was reportedly racing his 2021 Ford Mustang at speeds exceeding 130 mph in Glenview, Illinois – a suburb approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago.
Police said Kim's own dashcam captured him speeding, aggressively passing other vehicles, and running a red light.
Witnesses claimed to have observe Kim driving with his headlights off, according to court documents. Kim allegedly turned his headlights back on as he was entering an intersection. However, it would be too late.
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Too many of these types of crashes leave the criminal idiots alive and the innocents dead.
If the perp is ever allowed to drive again, it will be a gross injustice.
Of course I have absolutely no problem locking him up for as long as he draws breathe.
That’s called Gangnam style.
Promising HS Senior? At 21 years old and dragging at 131 MPH. Just what is/was promising about that idiot’s future?
The victim was the 18-year-old “promising senior”.
The kid he killed was a HS senior.
He was also legally intoxicated and had pot in his system.
Add in bravado and stupidity and you can pretty much leave out the first two and have the same situation.
The victim was the senior.
Allowed? As a former police dispatcher I couldn’t come close to counting the number of REVOKED drivers caught behind the wheel. Laws cannot control lack of morality. Unfortunately...
There’s a curfew for teen drivers but he’s 18 so he probably had a full license.
Now see in that case, there should be a three strikes rule. First time driving on a revoked license after killing someone...minimum ten years in prison. Second violation should be automatic life.
Ironically, if you put him on an actual racetrack he would be humiliated, even by the slow guys.
No, the bad idea was doing 130 mph in a 35 mph zone .
My bad mea culpa
There was a similar accident in my down state Illinois town some years ago. The drunk driver was estimated to hit 125 MPH in a residential area before hitting(t-boning) a lady driving to work on a bigger roadway. The dude only got 12 years..
If the perp is ever allowed to see a day outside a prison cell again, it will be a gross injustice.
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