http://www.wral.com/news/7711246/detail.html

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"Four Wakefield H.S. Seniors Killed In Car Accident Speed Was A Factor In Fatal Accident, Police Say POSTED: 10:41 am EST March 5, 2006 UPDATED: 8:55 am EST March 6, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Investigators said excessive speed was a factor in a late-night accident that killed four Wakefield High School seniors Saturday. The accident happened just before 11 p.m. when, police said, the driver lost control of his 2004 Mazda RX8 on the Poole Road exit coming off of the new U.S. Highway 64 bypass. Investigators said the car in which the students were traveling struck a concrete rail and then flipped over the rail, dropping about 50 feet before bursting into flames. Witnesses told police that the vehicle was traveling more than 100 mph when it passed other vehicles and then ran off the road. Investigators calculated the speed to be 105 mph to 115 mph before the crash. Although authorities have confirmed that the victims in the vehicle were four male seniors from Wakefield High School, their identities have not yet been released. Friends said the four students were on their way home after watching the Wakefield boys' basketball team compete in a playoff game at East Carolina University. Investigators say the car struck this concrete rail, flipped and dropped about 50 feet. Wakefield High School Principal Steven Takacs declined to comment until he received confirmation of the students' identities. He did say, however, that counselors would be available on Monday to help students deal with the loss. Wakefield High students have had their share of sorrow over the past two years. In August, 19-year-old Ben Cummings died in a car accident, and in December 2004, freshman Jaimee Kellermann died in an accident in Virginia. Neither Cummings nor Kellermann were driving at the time of the accidents; both drivers survived and were charged."

3/6/2006 9:13:55 AM

better article

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/415122.html

wral usually gets this stuff up faster, but N&O covers it better.

3/6/2006 9:38:10 AM

^

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"a diagram of a car wreck and the Spanish words used to explain it were still legible."

hahahhahahahahaha

3/6/2006 9:43:52 AM

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"A pathologist worked Sunday to identify the boys, matching dental records with the young men's charred remains. By late Sunday, the medical examiner had not positively identified the victims, police said"

wow

3/6/2006 10:11:32 AM

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"the driver lost control of his 2004 Mazda RX8"

That's what you get for giving your 16/17 yr. old son a fucking sports car as a first car...

3/6/2006 10:11:42 AM

i fail to see how that is funny

2 weeks ago, i guest spoke at both wakefield, and the school they were playing (new hanover hs)

3/6/2006 10:12:13 AM

4 boys in what is essentially a 2-seater driving ~115mph


that's a bad mix

3/6/2006 10:15:18 AM

silly kids.

3/6/2006 10:54:46 AM

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"killed four Wakefield High School seniors Saturday"

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"matching dental records with the young men's charred remains"

You hear that kids?

3/6/2006 11:46:19 AM

^yea for real, dont be fuckin stupid because you can die

3/6/2006 11:51:00 AM

i was driving on the bypass that night (little bit before 1am) and i saw four crown vics blocking off the poole rd exit

i thought they were just trying to keep people alert/slow down (i was driving 8x mph )

3/6/2006 11:51:14 AM

haha yeah, i was wondering what the hell was going on. i was coming out of raleigh, and it looked from my ramp like a damn roadblock.... needless to say, i dropped the speed down quite a bit myself.

3/6/2006 11:58:52 AM

The parents have to be feeling pretty bad right about now. Why give your KID a car that will go that fast in the first place?? I had to work to earn the money to buy my car, and I took better care of it. Kids today are too damn spoiled and have no responsibility.

3/6/2006 12:02:58 PM

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"the driver lost control of his 2004 Mazda RX8 That's what you get for giving your 16/17 yr. old son a fucking sports car as a first car... "

welcome to Wakefield

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 12:04 PM. Reason : ]

3/6/2006 12:03:34 PM

Some of you guys are assuming the parents are immediately guilty for buying the vehicle. I knew a guy in HS who saved up like crazy to buy an RX and finally got it his senior year. Probably not a typical case, but don't make preemptive judgements right off the bat.

Any updates to the story yet?

3/6/2006 12:35:43 PM

they're still dead.

3/6/2006 12:51:39 PM

they said the names on WRAL at noon

3/6/2006 12:55:53 PM

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"Why give your KID a car that will go that fast in the first place??"

What kind of stupid statement is this? I began driving a 400hp 67 Chevelle at around 17 (when we finished it). Before then I drove our 93 Z28. I was drag racing (sanctioned track) doing 0-105 in about 6.1 seconds at 15. I am 26 and have yet to get ticket or have a wreck (knocks on wood).

There are plenty, plenty of people in this world that are smart enough to handle even fast cars at 16.

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 1:37 PM. Reason : x]

3/6/2006 1:36:33 PM

because i haven't died yet from doing something, it won't kill me!

3/6/2006 1:38:54 PM

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"4 boys in what is essentially a 2-seater driving ~115mph that's a bad mix"

You can fit 4 ppl in there pretty easily.

3/6/2006 1:41:36 PM

I work with the sister of one of the guys killed in the crash. Horrible situation for all of those involved.

3/6/2006 1:44:03 PM

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"because i haven't died yet from doing something, it won't kill me!"

Your "point" is about as well made as the one about giving a "kid" a fast car (as if a Corolla can't do 100)

3/6/2006 1:53:04 PM

uh clearly this kid COULDN'T handle the car at that speed

guessing most kids couldn't

great to hear that you could have though

3/6/2006 1:55:05 PM

i was just trying to be annoying, but what you said, they could have easily said as well. "I've never had a problem driving at 115 mph before!"

3/6/2006 1:55:34 PM

Thats a wicked ramp too. I couldn't imagine getting on it at 100+mph

3/6/2006 2:03:45 PM

^^ sounds remarkably like how theduke866 rationalizes his habit of excessive speeding

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 2:05 PM. Reason : s]

3/6/2006 2:03:50 PM

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"4 boys in what is essentially a 2-seater driving ~115mph"

The RX-8 was made for 4 people and does have 4 doors. It is NOT a 2-seater by any means.

I love going above 80 around that turn it feels good...but the kid must have locked up the breaks in order for it to go "crashing" into the wall. My guess is that he must have freaked out when flying up on a car and hit the breaks and into the barrier and beyond.

3/6/2006 2:10:57 PM

Wasn't there some state that tried to pass a law where if the driver was under 18 they could only have one other passenger under the age of 18? Their reasoning was that the hotdog/showoff factor goes up with each unsupervised teenage passenger in the car.

3/6/2006 2:17:58 PM

3/6/2006 2:19:52 PM

^^ There's something similar in this state. A driver with a permit can only have one unrelated person in the car when he/she is driving, or something similar.

[Edited on March 6, 2006 at 2:20 PM. Reason : +^]

3/6/2006 2:20:29 PM

rich kids dying = i'm not crying.

3/6/2006 2:44:28 PM

professional race car drivers crash all the time............this means anyone in a normal car who drives over 100mph is an idiot.

3/6/2006 3:03:08 PM

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"What kind of stupid statement is this? I began driving a 400hp 67 Chevelle at around 17 (when we finished it). Before then I drove our 93 Z28. I was drag racing (sanctioned track) doing 0-105 in about 6.1 seconds at 15. I am 26 and have yet to get ticket or have a wreck (knocks on wood). There are plenty, plenty of people in this world that are smart enough to handle even fast cars at 16."

You make a good point. A point that at age 17 you had an appreciation for a car with power, or I'd imagine you did, having worked on it. It doesn't sound like you were just handed the keys to some cool car for your 16th birthday.

3/6/2006 3:21:42 PM

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"rich kids dying = i'm not crying."

god i hate poor people like you.

3/6/2006 3:32:33 PM

I'm not sad for them because they were driving 105-110 miles per hour ON AN EXIT RAMP.

3/6/2006 3:33:47 PM

OMFG THEY DESERVED TO DIE BECAUSE THEY WERE SPEEDING




yes, they were speeding, and yes, it was the driver's fault, but fuck every single one of you mother fuckers that think "HE DESERVED TO DIE"
He was a fucking kid who made a mistake that cost him his (and 3 of his friends) life. it's a shame he couldn't learn from his mistake.

3/6/2006 3:36:14 PM

4 less stupid people in the world.

3/6/2006 3:41:47 PM

I didn't say they deserved to die.

Mistakes are running a redlight... accidently..

Going 105-115.. nearing twice the speedlimit on a highway, coming off an exit ramp... is not a mistake.

3/6/2006 3:42:40 PM

That is a wicked ramp they were on, it can come up kind of fast...however theres no excuse for driving that fast...I hope their families get through this alright, sucks to see shit like this.

3/6/2006 3:43:22 PM

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"rich kids dying = i'm not crying."

You're a fucking douchebag.

3/6/2006 3:43:29 PM

that's ok, he's poor, so nobody cares what he thinks about rich kids

3/6/2006 4:48:23 PM

4 people killed because of one persons bad judgement will always suck. But honestly how many people here have shown off in there car with their friends riding around with them. I guess the rest of us are just lucky. The sad thing is we will never know why he was driving so fast. Perhaps someone in the car was injured and he was trying to get him help? just a though.

3/6/2006 4:54:46 PM

The RX8 is too much of a piece of shit car to go 115 around a turn.

3/6/2006 5:01:11 PM

^haha yea right, unless they were injured from hitting the gravity bong too hard

3/6/2006 5:01:44 PM

they were drunk

3/6/2006 5:04:30 PM

3/6/2006 5:07:00 PM

they were drunk

and they are dead

luckily they had teeth

in their heads

3/6/2006 5:08:25 PM

I've been over 100 in a 1987 Accord and I bet it was a hell of a lot more dangerous than doing it in an RX-8. What does it matter that it's a nice car or a sports car. They could have done the same thing in just about any shitbox and y'all wouldn't be having the "sports car" discussion.

3/6/2006 5:43:40 PM

If they are dumb enough to drive 115 off the ramp, then they deserve to die. Like I said, 4 less stupid people in the world.

3/6/2006 5:45:43 PM

Yeah, because all 4 of them were driving when it happened.

3/6/2006 5:46:55 PM