Quad18star
04-25-2006, 09:57 AM
This one is for all you street racers . If you don't think it'll ever happen to you , think again .
A local teen was killed Saturday night while riding his peddle bike. He was struck from behind by teens that were out street racing . The two accused and the victim all knew eachother .... they all went to the same highschool .... the school I used to attend .
My message to you wannabe Fast and Furious guys .... take it to the track and keep it off the streets .
Here's the story out of our local newspaper .
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He was a wonderful son’
Family of teen killed during an apparent street race remember their guardian angel’
By Laura Stradiotto/The Sudbury Star
Local News - Tuesday, April 25, 2006 @ 11:00
Public appeal
Anyone who witnessed the fatal accident is asked to contact the Special Investigations Unit at 1-800-787-8529, ext. 1965.
A memorial created by the friends of Patrick Herard brought comfort to his grieving mother Monday.
Messages were written in black marker across the wooden cross. A Warrant CD sat upright beside a guitar magazine, pieces of a life cut short.
“I was afraid to come back here,” said Carole Lavigne-Herard, standing at the site where her 16-year-old son was killed in a high-speed accident on Saturday.
“This cross makes it better ... seeing Patrick had so many friends.
“The only comfort we have is knowing he’ll be our guardian angel now.”
Patrick Herard left his Errington Street home in Chelmsford on Saturday night riding his bike. He was heading to a friend’s house to play music when one of two speeding vehicles struck him from behind, narrowly missing a friend who was travelling with him.
Monday morning, students from ecole secondaire Champlain built a cross in their shop class for their friend. Almost the entire school visited the site at lunchtime, while police continued their investigation in the background.
“A lot of people stayed here most of the day,” said Cristine Marier, who went to school with Patrick.
She placed a toy guitar at the foot of the cross.
Patrick was an accomplished musician, who played guitar and piano.
“It affected a lot of people even those who didn’t know him.”
Lavigne-Herard said she was gathering the courage all day to revisit the accident site.
Around dinnertime, the boy’s parents and sister surrounded the memorial and read the messages left for him.
“He was a wonderful son,” said Lavigne-Herard.
“He was caring and had a big heart. He was always trying to help people.”
Police arrested two teens and charged them with criminal negligence causing death, dangerous driving causing death and racing.
Jason Daoust of Chelmsford has been charged, along with a second male who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The boys live in the same neighbourhood and attend the same school, said Lavigne-Herard.
As she begins to talk about the problem of excessive speeding and street racing in the neighbourhood, her husband Daniel crouches at the curb, overcome with emotion.
A clump of their son’s hair lies on the road.
The discovery is too much for the family and those gathered at the memorial. After a couple of minutes in each other’s arms, the family of three leaves.
In addition to Greater Sudbury Police, two investigators and a collision reconstructionist from the Special Investigations Unit were on the scene of the accident Monday.
The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in serious injury, sexual assault or death.
“As in all our investigations, as the independent civilian body, we’re trying to piece together all the information,” said SIU spokesman Rose Bliss.
“Specifically, what we’re looking for in the particular incident is the nature and extent of police involvement and the circumstances surrounding the collision.”
What the SIU knows is two Greater Sudbury Police Service officers in a marked cruiser were patrolling southbound on Errington Street when they saw two cars travelling at a high rate of speed.
“The vehicles a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Toyota Corolla were travelling northbound on Errington and passed the cruiser,” according to the SIU release.
“The officer turned the cruiser around and about 1.5 km away, found that the Corolla had collided with a cyclist.”
Bliss would not say whether police were chasing the two vehicles involved in the incident.
“With the information that we can speak about and that we know to be true at this point is put out in the news release,” she said.
“We can’t conclusively say more than what’s on that news release.”
Neighbours along the stretch of Errington Street where the accident occurred say street racing has long been a problem.
There are no sidewalks or stop signs along the road that neighbours say are an invitation to speed.
“It’s not just the kids, but the adults, too,” said Lavigne-Herard.
The grieving mother said she intends on doing something to make motorists aware of the consequences of excessive speeding.
Accidents involving high speed happen weekly in Ontario, and increase in the spring, around graduation time, said an OPP official.
Films such as the Fast and the Furious have popularized extreme racing. But the problem of street racing has existed since the time of Rebel Without a Cause and American Graffiti.
Car advertisements on television markets driving as “carefree and exciting,” said Sgt. Cam Woolley, media co-ordinator with the OPP’s highway safety division.
“In fact, it’s one of the complicated and risky things that humans ever do.”
The Eliminate Racing Activity on Street Everywhere (ERASE) program started several years ago in Toronto to target street racing. The program keeps expanding, involving more communities.
“This is not something we can stop with just enforcement,” said Woolley.
“Our objective is to make risky driving and street racing socially unacceptable
"We need the parents to help, to start talking to their kids.”
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Here is a picture of his parents and sister at a memorial created by the local highschool students in shop class .
http://www.thesudburystar.com/npimages/newsphotos/file425200693012AM.jpg
A local teen was killed Saturday night while riding his peddle bike. He was struck from behind by teens that were out street racing . The two accused and the victim all knew eachother .... they all went to the same highschool .... the school I used to attend .
My message to you wannabe Fast and Furious guys .... take it to the track and keep it off the streets .
Here's the story out of our local newspaper .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He was a wonderful son’
Family of teen killed during an apparent street race remember their guardian angel’
By Laura Stradiotto/The Sudbury Star
Local News - Tuesday, April 25, 2006 @ 11:00
Public appeal
Anyone who witnessed the fatal accident is asked to contact the Special Investigations Unit at 1-800-787-8529, ext. 1965.
A memorial created by the friends of Patrick Herard brought comfort to his grieving mother Monday.
Messages were written in black marker across the wooden cross. A Warrant CD sat upright beside a guitar magazine, pieces of a life cut short.
“I was afraid to come back here,” said Carole Lavigne-Herard, standing at the site where her 16-year-old son was killed in a high-speed accident on Saturday.
“This cross makes it better ... seeing Patrick had so many friends.
“The only comfort we have is knowing he’ll be our guardian angel now.”
Patrick Herard left his Errington Street home in Chelmsford on Saturday night riding his bike. He was heading to a friend’s house to play music when one of two speeding vehicles struck him from behind, narrowly missing a friend who was travelling with him.
Monday morning, students from ecole secondaire Champlain built a cross in their shop class for their friend. Almost the entire school visited the site at lunchtime, while police continued their investigation in the background.
“A lot of people stayed here most of the day,” said Cristine Marier, who went to school with Patrick.
She placed a toy guitar at the foot of the cross.
Patrick was an accomplished musician, who played guitar and piano.
“It affected a lot of people even those who didn’t know him.”
Lavigne-Herard said she was gathering the courage all day to revisit the accident site.
Around dinnertime, the boy’s parents and sister surrounded the memorial and read the messages left for him.
“He was a wonderful son,” said Lavigne-Herard.
“He was caring and had a big heart. He was always trying to help people.”
Police arrested two teens and charged them with criminal negligence causing death, dangerous driving causing death and racing.
Jason Daoust of Chelmsford has been charged, along with a second male who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The boys live in the same neighbourhood and attend the same school, said Lavigne-Herard.
As she begins to talk about the problem of excessive speeding and street racing in the neighbourhood, her husband Daniel crouches at the curb, overcome with emotion.
A clump of their son’s hair lies on the road.
The discovery is too much for the family and those gathered at the memorial. After a couple of minutes in each other’s arms, the family of three leaves.
In addition to Greater Sudbury Police, two investigators and a collision reconstructionist from the Special Investigations Unit were on the scene of the accident Monday.
The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in serious injury, sexual assault or death.
“As in all our investigations, as the independent civilian body, we’re trying to piece together all the information,” said SIU spokesman Rose Bliss.
“Specifically, what we’re looking for in the particular incident is the nature and extent of police involvement and the circumstances surrounding the collision.”
What the SIU knows is two Greater Sudbury Police Service officers in a marked cruiser were patrolling southbound on Errington Street when they saw two cars travelling at a high rate of speed.
“The vehicles a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Toyota Corolla were travelling northbound on Errington and passed the cruiser,” according to the SIU release.
“The officer turned the cruiser around and about 1.5 km away, found that the Corolla had collided with a cyclist.”
Bliss would not say whether police were chasing the two vehicles involved in the incident.
“With the information that we can speak about and that we know to be true at this point is put out in the news release,” she said.
“We can’t conclusively say more than what’s on that news release.”
Neighbours along the stretch of Errington Street where the accident occurred say street racing has long been a problem.
There are no sidewalks or stop signs along the road that neighbours say are an invitation to speed.
“It’s not just the kids, but the adults, too,” said Lavigne-Herard.
The grieving mother said she intends on doing something to make motorists aware of the consequences of excessive speeding.
Accidents involving high speed happen weekly in Ontario, and increase in the spring, around graduation time, said an OPP official.
Films such as the Fast and the Furious have popularized extreme racing. But the problem of street racing has existed since the time of Rebel Without a Cause and American Graffiti.
Car advertisements on television markets driving as “carefree and exciting,” said Sgt. Cam Woolley, media co-ordinator with the OPP’s highway safety division.
“In fact, it’s one of the complicated and risky things that humans ever do.”
The Eliminate Racing Activity on Street Everywhere (ERASE) program started several years ago in Toronto to target street racing. The program keeps expanding, involving more communities.
“This is not something we can stop with just enforcement,” said Woolley.
“Our objective is to make risky driving and street racing socially unacceptable
"We need the parents to help, to start talking to their kids.”
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is a picture of his parents and sister at a memorial created by the local highschool students in shop class .
http://www.thesudburystar.com/npimages/newsphotos/file425200693012AM.jpg