02-04-2004, 09:58 PM
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Junkie
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Drunk drivers suck
This guy should go to prison for a long time.
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Baby in stroller dragged 1.5k in US hit and run survives
February 5, 2004 - 3:21PM
A baby trapped in her stroller has survived being dragged 1.5 kilometres lodged in the grill of a four-wheel drive which hit and killed her father in the United States.
Police have charged a man over the hit-and-run, and allege the driver was drunk when the incident happened last night.
The vehicle hit Deborah Young, her father, Roland Young Jr, 20, of Hamtramck, and her mother, Sharita Wilson, 19, on a dark stretch of road in Clinton Township, northeast of Detroit.
Brian Yonka, who was travelling in the opposite direction, said the four-wheel drive appeared to cross the white line on the road's right edge before hitting the family and continuing along the road.
He stopped to help the victims and identify the vehicle.
"I turned to look because I was trying to get a licence plate number but all I could see was sparks and stuff coming out from underneath the jeep," Yonka, 23, said.
The sparks apparently were caused by the stroller.
It had become lodged in the grill with the baby still inside, and was dragged along on the pavement as the vehicle sped away, police said.
Yonka did not see the stroller and police didn't learn about the baby until her mother asked paramedics about her.
The driver apparently stopped about 1.5km from the crash scene, freed the mangled stroller from the grill and left it, with the baby still inside.
Police later found the child who suffered cuts to her face, was listed in fair condition today, along with her mother.
Robert W Gallas, 47, of Clinton Township, faces six counts of operating while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.
All carry maximum five-year sentences except one count of operating while intoxicated, causing death, which carries a 15-year maximum.
Gallas' lawyer, Brian Legghio, entered innocent pleas for him, said Linda Anderson, criminal clerk. Bond was set at $US1 million ($A1.32 million).
AP
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