TheeBadOne
August 22, 2003, 05:07 PM
August 22, 2003
Crowd Beats Driver Who Struck Two Girls, Sets His Car On Fire
An unlicensed, uninsured driver hit two girls with his car and then was beaten and his vehicle set ablaze, Chicago police said.
The girls were treated for cuts and bruises, police spokeswoman Alice Casanova said. Driver Johnathan Hemphill, 33, was taken to South Shore Hospital for minor injuries, she said.
Hemphill's 1996 Chrysler Sebring veered onto a South Side sidewalk last night and struck two girls - ages 3 and 5 - as they played in an open fire hydrant, Casanova said.
When Hemphill got out of the car to check on the girls, he was approached by three men who began punching him in the face and hitting him with a bucket, she said.
Hemphill's car was then set on fire. Casanova said it was unclear if the same men who attacked Hemphill also set fire to his car.
Firefighters called to the scene extinguished the car fire.
Police are still searching for suspects, Casanova said.
A woman who was traveling with Hemphill was not injured.
Hemphill was cited for driving without a license, driving without insurance, driving on the sidewalk and failing to exercise due care when there is a pedestrian in the roadway, Casanova said.
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Is this an example of valid street justice, or just another victim? :confused:
Crowd Beats Driver Who Struck Two Girls, Sets His Car On Fire
An unlicensed, uninsured driver hit two girls with his car and then was beaten and his vehicle set ablaze, Chicago police said.
The girls were treated for cuts and bruises, police spokeswoman Alice Casanova said. Driver Johnathan Hemphill, 33, was taken to South Shore Hospital for minor injuries, she said.
Hemphill's 1996 Chrysler Sebring veered onto a South Side sidewalk last night and struck two girls - ages 3 and 5 - as they played in an open fire hydrant, Casanova said.
When Hemphill got out of the car to check on the girls, he was approached by three men who began punching him in the face and hitting him with a bucket, she said.
Hemphill's car was then set on fire. Casanova said it was unclear if the same men who attacked Hemphill also set fire to his car.
Firefighters called to the scene extinguished the car fire.
Police are still searching for suspects, Casanova said.
A woman who was traveling with Hemphill was not injured.
Hemphill was cited for driving without a license, driving without insurance, driving on the sidewalk and failing to exercise due care when there is a pedestrian in the roadway, Casanova said.
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Is this an example of valid street justice, or just another victim? :confused: