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Teens get takeaway food at fatal crash
By Melissa Townsend
Gold Coast Bulletin
November 24, 2008 09:41am
 

A GROUP of teenagers involved in a crash that killed an 82-year-old man and left his 72-year-old partner fighting for her life had fast food delivered to them at the crash site, a witness says.

The elderly couple were in a van involved in a collision at a Gold Coast roundabout with an unregistered car allegedly driven by a disqualified teen driver on Saturday, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.

Residents who lived near the roundabout in Miami said that as they rushed to help the couple, the five teenagers in the Subaru WRX got out and watched.

Resident Stephen Waymouth said the van was still rolling when he looked over his fence.

When he reached it he saw the man was unconscious and the woman was "wailing".

While residents comforted the distressed woman, the five teens stood motionless on the footpath, he said.

NEWS.com.au, 23 Jun 2008 Mr Waymouth and another man, Fabian Atzori, said none of the youths attempted to help.

Mr Waymouth said he was "disgusted" by their behaviour.

"They just stood there, and then they sat down and then someone dropped Maccas off to them," he said.

"What is it with young people where they can just turn off to human injury?" said Mr Atzori.

Fire crews used the jaws of life to cut the roof off the van and the elderly couple were taken to Gold Coast Hospital.

The woman suffered abdominal and leg injuries and the man had chest injuries. He died later in hospital.

Broadbeach police Sergeant Brendon O'Reilly said the Subaru and its owner were known to police - the vehicle had been impounded for 48 hours on November 13 in relation to hooning offences.

Police interviewed the five youths at the scene. The driver was charged with obstructing police while three of the others were handcuffed but not charged.

No other charges had been laid last night.

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Originally posted by hadub1
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I understand. Just three days ago my family and I resorted to eating at a Canadian hamburger joint. Not the most prouder of my moments but I had to do what I had to do.

Hmmm, Maybe they thought it was all just a cut scene from GTA IV.

He has an IQ of 185, some respect.

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Originally posted by Enigma

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Originally posted by hadub1
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I understand. Just three days ago my family and I resorted to eating at a Canadian hamburger joint. Not the most prouder of my moments but I had to do what I had to do.

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Originally posted by Enigma

 

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Originally posted by hadub1
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I understand. Just three days ago my family and I resorted to eating at a Canadian hamburger joint. Not the most prouder of my moments but I had to do what I had to do.

Yeah Canada is bad, they have healthcare for everyone.... lets nuke em'

@ the topic: these five youngsters are probably "gangsta" thugs grown up on violence and murder.

Which explains why they just didn't care.

Originally posted by windstrike11

Originally posted by altairzq

He has an IQ of 185, some respect.

 

Don't worry kiddo.  Fast food joints will still hire a 185.

 

Absolutely

Luckily, I guess, for the woman at least, the accident happened in a residential area where folks with an ounce of humanity, decency and common sense ran to her aid. Could you imagine if this happened in a rural area with no one around? they probably would have just watched her die while complaining that their pizza delivery is late.

Could the teens be charged for not rendering aid to the woman?

The teens tried to play innocent but they turned out mentally challenged.

damn those teenagers. i think its the irresponsibilty and the ignorance caused this very unfortunate event to happen. i hope that the teenagers rot in the juvenile institution. its really annoying for the fact that the driver is a disqualified one yet he still insisted/persisted on driving. young people nowadays doesn't realize that to be able to live in this world, they should cooperate to its natural order... *sigh*