Just happened at about 7pm. Don't know many details but I do know that a kid in my class that I was friends with passed away and another is in critical condition.
:-/ R.I.P. Pat
*UPDATE*
The 2nd person that was injured has a broken neck and a broken collarbone. He is actually able to talk and move! Sad thing is, it turns out this probably had to do with street racing. His twin brother bumped his car and sent it swerving into the opposite lane. The kid who died was only a passenger AND the only person who was wearing his seatbelt :/
Story (the website is a mess):
IT'S A FRIGHTENING AND DEADLY TREND THAT'S GAINING POPULARITY WITH TEENS AROUND THE COUNTRY... AND NOW IT COULD BE BEHIND A FATAL WRECK HERE. A 17-YEAR-OLD WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS DEAD AFTER A HIGH SPEED CRASH ON ROUTE 145... AND NOW POLICE SAY DRAGRACING MAY BE TO BLAME. WFMZ'S JOHN DERR IS LIVE IN WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP WITH MORE. >> REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE 17-YEAR OLD WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DEADLY ACCIDENT... IT HAPPENED HERE ON ROUTE 145 NEAR GLENSIDE DRIVE JUST BEFORE 7:00 LAST NIGHT... WHITEHALL POLICE BELIEVE TWIN BROTHERS ZACHARY AND GREGORY BANKOS WERE DRIVING NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY IN DIFFERENT CARS ... ZACHARY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND CROSSED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES WHERE IT WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY AMY CHRISTMAN... POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION MAKES IT CLEAR ZACHARY WAS DRIVING ABOVE HIS ABILITY... >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: 17-YEAR OLD PATRICK SINATORE WAS A PASSENGER IN ZACHARY'S VEHICLE..... HE WAS KILLED... KOHUTH SAYS EVEN THOUGH NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN REACHED YET ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT... HE BELIEVES THERE IS A DISTURBING TREND NATIONALLY... THAT MORE YOUNG DRIVERS ARE DRIVING RECKLESSLY. >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: KOHUTH BELIEVES YOUNG DRIVERS ARE BEING INSPIRED IN A NEGATIVE WAY BY THINGS LIKE MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES... AND THE CHIEF THINKS PARENTS NEED TO HELP EDUCATE THEIR KIDS ABOUT THESE ISSUES. >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: WHITEHALL POLICE WILL RECONSTRUCT THE CRASH TO DETERMINE FACTORS LIKE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES.... A NUMBER OF CHARGES COULD BE FILED IN THIS CASE INCLUDING HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE.
:-/ R.I.P. Pat
*UPDATE*
The 2nd person that was injured has a broken neck and a broken collarbone. He is actually able to talk and move! Sad thing is, it turns out this probably had to do with street racing. His twin brother bumped his car and sent it swerving into the opposite lane. The kid who died was only a passenger AND the only person who was wearing his seatbelt :/
Story (the website is a mess):
IT'S A FRIGHTENING AND DEADLY TREND THAT'S GAINING POPULARITY WITH TEENS AROUND THE COUNTRY... AND NOW IT COULD BE BEHIND A FATAL WRECK HERE. A 17-YEAR-OLD WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS DEAD AFTER A HIGH SPEED CRASH ON ROUTE 145... AND NOW POLICE SAY DRAGRACING MAY BE TO BLAME. WFMZ'S JOHN DERR IS LIVE IN WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP WITH MORE. >> REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE 17-YEAR OLD WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS DEADLY ACCIDENT... IT HAPPENED HERE ON ROUTE 145 NEAR GLENSIDE DRIVE JUST BEFORE 7:00 LAST NIGHT... WHITEHALL POLICE BELIEVE TWIN BROTHERS ZACHARY AND GREGORY BANKOS WERE DRIVING NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY IN DIFFERENT CARS ... ZACHARY LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND CROSSED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES WHERE IT WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY AMY CHRISTMAN... POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION MAKES IT CLEAR ZACHARY WAS DRIVING ABOVE HIS ABILITY... >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: 17-YEAR OLD PATRICK SINATORE WAS A PASSENGER IN ZACHARY'S VEHICLE..... HE WAS KILLED... KOHUTH SAYS EVEN THOUGH NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN REACHED YET ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT... HE BELIEVES THERE IS A DISTURBING TREND NATIONALLY... THAT MORE YOUNG DRIVERS ARE DRIVING RECKLESSLY. >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: KOHUTH BELIEVES YOUNG DRIVERS ARE BEING INSPIRED IN A NEGATIVE WAY BY THINGS LIKE MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES... AND THE CHIEF THINKS PARENTS NEED TO HELP EDUCATE THEIR KIDS ABOUT THESE ISSUES. >> Chief Ted Kohuth: (SCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE) >> REPORTER: WHITEHALL POLICE WILL RECONSTRUCT THE CRASH TO DETERMINE FACTORS LIKE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES.... A NUMBER OF CHARGES COULD BE FILED IN THIS CASE INCLUDING HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE.
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