05/16/2008, 4:36 PM
Industry/General
Two street-racing Comcast employees leave three-year-old hospitalized and unconscious
While street racing is a serious problem in some communities, an incident that occurred this past weekend really has us scratching our heads. Two Comcast employees were reportedly racing their company vans through the streets of Huntsville, Alabama when one driver lost control and slammed into a car carrying a grandmother and her two grandchildren.
The impact was so severe that the Comcast van actually flipped before landing on its wheels. Eyewitnesses say the vans were clearly racing each other, with speeds hitting at least 75 mph. The posted speed limit on the road where the incident occurred is 50 mph.
While the Comcast driver and two of the three passengers in the other vehicle emerged relatively unharmed, three-year-old Kayleen Smith is still unconscious at a local hospital. Doctors have removed Smith from life support, but are uncertain if she will ever regain consciousness.
Amazingly, no charges have been filed against the Comcast driver, but police are investigating the incident.
Comcast says it will cooperate with local authorities, but is keeping tight-lipped about the accident and the current status of the two employees.
05/16, 4:38 PM
posted by:
A4
well they did say they have the fastest internet around…
05/16, 4:49 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
and how do we know they were “street racing” maybe they were both trying to get a bonus or something
05/16, 4:55 PM
posted by:
ScreamingTurbo
I knew the cable company was evil.
05/16, 4:57 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Street racing in company vans… come on… where has sense gone to?
05/16, 5:04 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
this would have been better if it was a 3way race with Comcast,TimeWarner and AT&T-
05/16, 5:21 PM
posted by:
foster1
What the fu**. What were they thinking. Get your speed on the track. IT’s just not safe to do it on the street. Let alone in a one ton van. Stupid should go to jail
05/16, 5:41 PM
posted by:
F3INT))AP3X
My only question is why would you drag race 2 identical vans? lol……
05/16, 5:49 PM
posted by:
400horseSS
I have Charter, haha
05/16, 5:55 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Why the f*ck wasn’t the driver charged?!? I mean, where the hell did that come from? If I was that child’s parent, the driver would be reported missing by now!
05/16, 6:03 PM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
Sounds like fun!
05/16, 6:59 PM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
guy needs to go to the pen
05/16, 7:16 PM
posted by:
Bimmer
Put driver that caused accident in a car and slam van into it! Repeat until he’s unconscious.
05/16, 7:21 PM
posted by:
tripleonefive
lmao @ a4!!!
05/16, 8:00 PM
posted by:
foster1
K Bimmer you I’ll get the van, you get the guy. I’ll also bring a alternitive if that doesn’t work. Maybe and 18 whealer.
05/16, 8:23 PM
posted by:
elviososa
no…Comcast blocks the Bit Torrent 24/7
05/16, 8:44 PM
posted by:
hateful83
A prime example of why not to street race. But I must admit, if someone lines up next to me at a red light and starts reving their fart can, it’s hard to resist. **** like this is unfortunate though, obviously.
05/16, 8:50 PM
posted by:
autonut
I wonder reaction of Larry the Cable Guy for those news? Was he timing two assholes? My personal impression of Alabama that they all are related, that os why charges not filed. And I mean related in Southern West Virginia ways. In defence of those two schmucks they were driving RWD vans, that all southern racing public loves. How is that known that they were doing 75? Even cop will not tell you your seed without laser/radar gun.
05/16, 9:24 PM
posted by:
gilby7
Bye-bye Comcast driver / drivers. Possibly KILL a child street racing; you need to pay the price.
05/16, 10:34 PM
posted by:
global_lightning
If that were my daughter, they wouldn’t find the f#cker’s body. This happened in ‘Bama, so I wouldn’t be suprised if one day he gets a ‘courtesy visit’ from the local PD…
05/16, 11:38 PM
posted by:
oldraven
My daughter’s third birthday is tomorrow. Yeah, lynch the bastards.
05/17, 1:54 PM
posted by:
olds307
This is nothing new, in NYC theres a Time Warner subcontracter called Uptown Communications, I used to work near their garage, and those guys were always racing eachother down 2nd Street in Long Island City.
Even when I see them in other parts of the city they’re always driving like lunatics.
05/17, 2:09 PM
posted by:
Scarface03
The drivers will be charged, no doubt. From the police’s standpoint, there’s no need to rush. They’ll need time to complete accident reconstruction, interview witnesses, and make sure their ducks are in a row. And, as sad as it is… they may also be waiting to see if they need to charge the drivers with a homicide….
05/17, 5:02 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
Yet another reason why I’m glad to have a dish and dsl… I absolutely abhor Comcast.
Sill waiting for fios though…
05/17, 5:03 PM
posted by:
AMGoff
*Still
05/19, 7:41 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
My mate got caught drifting his company Sprinter van around a roundabout lol… It was wet and he said he “lost control” to the officer who then proceeded to give him a fatherly lecture.
Oh, yes, for Americans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout
05/19, 11:17 AM
posted by:
foster1
We have Roundabout’s here to dork
05/19, 1:34 PM
posted by:
fuzz40
The employees must have gotten into Comcast’s power boost…. would explain the excessive speed.
05/19, 8:28 PM
posted by:
sharpie
Oh you mean Comcast employs RATS on power boost? That’ll explain it.