Rockville Crash

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I dont know if any of heard about what happened on 355 a couple days ago.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1208/576489.html
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Neighbors near Rockville Pike, where an 18-year-old
college freshman was killed in Tuesday night's six-car traffic pileup,
say the area is often used for street racing.
Around 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Gaithersburg resident Ngoc Xuan Thi Lai was
driving her white Toyota Camry southbound near the White Flint Mall on
Rockville Pike when a Honda Civic driven by 27-year-old Jeffrey Nunez
and carrying two passengers crossed the median and went airborne,
landing on the Camry and killing Lai instantly.
Police say Lai probably never knew what hit her. The youngest of
eight children, Lai's distraught family spent Wednesday morning making
funeral arrangements. "[I'm] upset and very sad," said Tuan Lai, the
victim's brother. "My sister is actually innocent, [she had] just
[gotten] off work."Megan Booker, the victim's best
friend, now tearfully remembers the good times she spent with Lai, from
talking about boys to singing songs together.Nunez
told investigators that he lost control of his car when he swerved to
miss a black Nissan that was driving erratically. Police are now
looking for that car which is described as a 2005 to 2007 Nissan 350Z
with a rear spoiler, tinted windows, and possibly Maryland tags that
included the characters, "1- E-C." Nunez and one of his passengers,
22-year-old Rodnee Ganio, were taken to the hospital with minor
injuries, while the third person in the Civic, 47-year-old Gabrial
Quinto, was not hurt.

After the Civic landed on the Camry, Lai's vehicle crashed into a Mazda
driven by Ricardo Cruz, 35; Cruz was not injured. A fourth vehicle, a
BMW driven by 19-year-old Chawla Rashi was also hit by one of these
cars, but Rashi also escaped without injury. And the Civic went on to
strike a Toyota carrying two adults and a child, while the driver of a
Ford drove into the median to avoid colliding with the Toyota.
One witness who heard the crash believes that the cars were racing when
the collision occurred. Hooman Kowkabi said, "Something's got to be
done about these street racer dudes that come out here and just fly
down Rockville Pike [at] a hundred miles an hour. It seems like they
get away with it every week, and now someone's got to pay for it."Lai worked
as a part-time receptionist at the Manhattan Jaguar dealership in
Rockville. Her co-workers there also complained about cars racing along
Rockville Pike. In fact, they say a nearby parking lot is nicknamed the
"Fast and Furious staging area" for racers.Lucille Bauer of the Montgomery County
Police Department stated, "At this time, our collision reconstruction
unit detectives are trying to confirm whether or not a speed contest
was involved in initiating this collision."Police
are also looking for witnesses who might be able to provide more
information about the crash. "There are at least two vehicles, and we
may be looking for other vehicles who either were involved or were
witnesses to the accident," said Capt. Hanson.
Nicholson Lane and parts of Rockville Pike were closed for several
hours, re-opening to traffic around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
 
really sad... did a double take when i seen it on the news... we worked for the same store, but at different locations...R.I.P
 
Not familiar with the area but the Car went Airbourne and landed on another one? Good night.

That is crazy...
 
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