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MD Green Party Senate Candidate Struck and Killed by SUV While Riding Bike

erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
edited September 2010 in Strut Central
Awful news.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/natasha-pettigrew-green-p_n_733533.html

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. ??? A Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maryland has died after being hit by an SUV while riding her bike.

Maryland State Police say 30-year-old Natasha Pettigrew died early Tuesday. She was hit by an SUV in Prince George's County early Sunday.

Police say the woman driving the Cadillac Escalade that hit Pettigrew kept driving nearly four miles to her home, even though the bicycle was still lodged underneath the vehicle.

Police say the woman thought she hit a deer or a dog and didn't want to stop in the early morning hours. When she and her husband found the bicycle under the SUV, they called police.

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  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    erewhon said:
    Awful news.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/21/natasha-pettigrew-green-p_n_733533.html

    UPPER MARLBORO, Md. ??? A Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maryland has died after being hit by an SUV while riding her bike.

    Maryland State Police say 30-year-old Natasha Pettigrew died early Tuesday. She was hit by an SUV in Prince George's County early Sunday.

    Police say the woman driving the Cadillac Escalade that hit Pettigrew kept driving nearly four miles to her home, even though the bicycle was still lodged underneath the vehicle.

    Police say the woman thought she hit a deer or a dog and didn't want to stop in the early morning hours. When she and her husband found the bicycle under the SUV, they called police.


    I wonder if she dropped her Crackberry when she hit the "animal"...
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    Be careful, some smurf will attack you for posting something from the Huffington Post.
  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
    PelvicDust said:
    Be careful, some smurf will attack you for posting something from the Huffington Post.

    For what it's worth, the Huffington Post link was simply the first link to the story that came up. I had already read it elsewhere, and would normally rather go with another site, just to avoid the speculative bickering. Just wanted to draw attention to this tragic loss.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    How the fuck does someone keep driving with a bike stuck under their car???


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/21/AR2010092105964.html


    "The initial indication was that she thought she may have hit a deer or an animal in the roadway. . . . When she arrived home and saw the bicycle, she assumed it was something else."

    "Assumed" wtf?

    You don't fucking say...
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    http://www.bleedinggreen.com/GG2001/gg-04-09-01.html
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    on a sort of related note, here's the leading candidate in the city of toronto mayoral race on the importance of bike lanes:

  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    on a sort of related note, here's the leading candidate in the city of toronto mayoral race on the importance of bike lanes:



    Yeah, that shit kills me. It looks like a he is going to win. Lord help this city after he does.
  • kicks79kicks79 1,343 Posts
    What a douche bag. "Swimming with sharks" WTF ?
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    DOR said:
    crabmongerfunk said:
    on a sort of related note, here's the leading candidate in the city of toronto mayoral race on the importance of bike lanes:



    Yeah, that shit kills me. It looks like a he is going to win. Lord help this city after he does.

    Just be glad you don't have as many of those backwards assholes up there as we do down here.
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