Posted on 08/28/2023 12:30:32 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Police have announced the arrest of a driver who ran a red light and struck an Uber carrying four passengers early Saturday morning in South Los Angeles, killing three.
Gregory Black, 31, has been taken into custody and faces charges of vehicular manslaughter after he police determined that he was allegedly behind the wheel of the speeding Mercedes Benz that ran a red light at the intersection of S. Vermont Avenue and W. Century Boulevard, T-boning the Uber driving through the area.
The crash happened around 5:30 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Witnesses said the white Mercedes-Benz, with only the driver inside, was speeding when it careened into the black Honda carrying four passengers and the driver.
"After striking the victim's vehicle, the suspect's vehicle spun out of control and landed on the center median," the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement.
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I HATE intersections for that reason. Quite a few times I’ve waited a couple seconds after the light turns green and seen a car blast through the intersection’s red light. After waiting, my head is always on a constant swivel while going through the intersection.
Years ago I nearly got hit by a guy running a red light. I was at a 3 way intersection. The light was red. I was waiting to make a left turn. My sight of the left was obstructed by a huge bush. The light turned green. I didn’t immediately go forward. Something inside me said “wait”. So I waited a second or so. Then I began to inch forward into the intersection when a sports car ran the red light and went past me, missing me only by inches. Had I went forward only a split second earlier, he would have t-boned me.
Never bring a Honda to a Mercedes fight. :(
Same here Low, I was entering a highway around midnight at a light at a 4 way intersection. My light turned green but something whispered in my ear to wait. I waited maybe a second albeit it seemed longer. Guy went through on the hard red at about 80MPH without headlights on. I would have been T boned into a pretzel.
Whenever I’m driving in a city now, I take a moment to look both ways after I get the green. People routinely run red lights well after the change these days.
Sometimes I’ve had to go through on red myself when there’s a tailgater behind me, if I’d have had to brake at all hard to stop for the light. Yes, the jerk behind me would be at fault, but I prefer not to get in a wreck anyway.
Stupidity will always take you to the point of no return.
I had an incident just like that about a month ago. It scares the hell out of you. I hate intersections.
He’s a white sttirney
Sorry. Fat fingers not looking
Should say attorney
I do that all the time here in Reno. People are notorious for running red lights here.
George Carlin on his brother and red lights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_BtPZRbZxY&ab_channel=MeetYouWhereYouStand
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