3 killed after driver plows through churchgoers in California

[spaminator]

3 killed after driver plows through churchgoers in California
Curtis Skinner, REUTERS
First posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 08:34 AM EST | Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014 09:02 AM EST
Three people were killed and at least nine others injured when a driver ploughed into a group of pedestrians leaving a holiday church service in a southern California city of Redondo Beach on Wednesday night, police said.
The driver ran into the crowd, who were taking the crosswalk after leaving St. James Catholic Church, before crashing head-on into another car around 8 p.m. local time, police said in a statement.
Emergency workers treated about 12 people, including at least one child, at the scene who were then transported to hospitals, police said. Some of those victims were critical.
Three of the victims, including 81-year-old Mary Anne Wilson and 87-year-old Saeko Matsumura, both of Torrance, died of their injuries, police said.
Police said they could not provide an exact tally of the injured as some may have taken themselves to hospitals for treatment.
The driver was arrested on felony charges of driving under the influence and manslaughter and is being treated for her injuries, police said.
Local media reported that the crowd had just attended a Christmas concert at the church. Footage broadcast by local news network ABC7 showed shoes and other personal items strewn across the street near the crashed sedan.
Redondo Beach is a city of some 66,750 people roughly 19 miles (30 km) southwest of Los Angeles.
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[spaminator]

Child is fourth to die from California crash, driver charged
REUTERS
First posted: Friday, December 19, 2014 06:42 PM EST | Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014 06:52 PM EST
LOS ANGELES - A 6-year-old boy has become the fourth person to die from a crash earlier this week in which a driver plowed into pedestrians leaving a church in Southern California, and the driver was charged on Friday, officials said.
Samuel Gaza, who was hospitalized with head trauma and a bruised lung, died just before midnight on Thursday, said Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter.
Gaza's 36-year-old mother, Martha, was among three adults killed in the crash in the city of Redondo Beach on Wednesday night when the driver rammed a crowd of people outside St. James Catholic Church.
Eight others were hurt in the crash, including Samuel's father, who remains hospitalized, according to the Los Angeles Times. The accident shocked residents of the city of about 67,000 people just west of Los Angeles.
Local media reported that the crowd was leaving a Christmas concert at the church when the crash occurred.
The driver, Margo Bronstein, 56, hit another car after striking the pedestrians and was treated for her injuries and then arrested, Redondo Beach police said in a statement.
Bronstein, a city resident, was charged on Friday with four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one cout of driving under the influence of a drug causing injury, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. She faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.
Bronstein was believed to have been under the influence of an unspecified medication, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing police. Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for prosecutors, said he did not have information on what drug Bronstein might have used.
It was not immediately clear if Bronstein, who was scheduled to appear in court on Friday afternoon, had an attorney.
Gaza was a kindergarten student who attended the church, according to City News Service. The other pedestrians killed were Mary Wilson, 81, and Saeko Matsumura, 87, Winter said.
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[Harikrish]

Unless it is being reported as a miracle why many more did not die, why is this posted under Christian discussion?

 

[spaminator]

Unless it is being reported as a miracle why many more did not die, why is this posted under Christian discussion?

I suppose its technically not a Christian discussion. it did involve churchgoers leaving a church though. if the mods want to transfer the thread to another board that's fine.

 

[taxslave]

Drunk drivers causing death should be executed.

 

[Harikrish]

I suppose its technically not a Christian discussion. it did involve churchgoers leaving a church though. if the mods want to transfer the thread to another board that's fine.

This could have been avoided if the victims stayed a little longer in the church. There might still be a Christian message in this tragedy.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

It was Obama.

 

[Harikrish]

It was Obama.

Recreational marijuana may end up keeping more people out of church and in a less hazardous environment like their home smoking pot. I can see how Obama can take credit for thus.