Imaginings

Friday, May 8, 2009

A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Students hit by car

By AMBER POMPA

Two pedestrians were struck by a car, while trying to use the crosswalk on Culver Street Tuesday.

Around 8:48 p.m., Commerce Police and Fire Departments responded to an auto-pedestrian accident on Culver Street in front of Whitley Hall.

Officers arrived to find that a small four-door car traveling westbound on Culver struck two pedestrians in the crosswalk.

The driver of the vehicle stated he did not see the pedestrians as he approached the crosswalk.

Both pedestrians were transported by ambulance to Hunt Regional Medical Center, though it didn’t appear to first responders that those injuries were life threatening. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

The pedestrians, as well as the driver of the vehicle are all students at Texas A&M-Commerce.

In response to the accident, university officials will hold a meeting with the Texas Department of Transportation this week regarding the the crosswalk.

David McKenna, A&M-C executive director of facilities and support services, said safety at the crosswalks on Highway 50 and Culver have "always been a concern of the university and, over the past few years, steps to improve the warning lights and crosswalks lighting have been taken."

"We continue to look at ways to improve the crosswalk notification system, and to that end, a meeting with TXDOT will be held this week to discuss additional enhancements," McKenna said.

The City of Commerce and TXDOT share control of Culver Street because it is a city street and a state highway, he said. "The City of Commerce has always supported our safety efforts there," McKenna said.

One of the guys was Josh from our class *if my information is correct*

Last I knew he was still in the hospital.

I almost hit him earlier that night, too...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

There are no words...

FORT WORTH -- Whatever happened to spoiling your grandchildren with cookies?

A gun-toting granny clad in pajamas and house shoes robbed an east Fort Worth convenience store early Thursday, telling the clerk, “I am doing this for my grandkids.”

The robbery occurred about 3:45 a.m. at the RaceTrac convenience store at 1840 Eastchase Parkway.

According to a police report, the woman entered the store, grabbed an orange drink, then told the clerk she needed two cartons of Newport cigarettes and two cigarillos.

The clerk said when he turned around from retrieving her items, the woman pulled a handgun from beneath her pajama top and ordered him to open the main register. She threatened to shoot the clerk if he did not comply, warning “this gun has a hairline trigger.”

The woman fled with the money, cigarettes, and cigarillos. She is described as black with a light complexion, 40 to 50 years of age, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8-inches tall, 160 to 190 pounds. Anyone with information about her identity is asked to call the robbery unit at 817-392-4370.

It Was Just One Of Those Days

Car plows through Commerce store

By DANIEL WALKER

A trip to pick up a pizza ended with a car plowing through the front of the Liberty Bonds next to Pizza Hut on Live Oak Street Wednesday night.

Loyd Field said that he was coming to pick up a pizza at about 7:40 p.m. when the accelerator stuck on his Mercury Grand Marquis. “It just wouldn’t stop,” Field said. “The tires were still spinning when the car stopped in the building. I was able to put it in reverse and back out, and then stop.”

Commerce fire chief Brian McNevin said fortunately no one was injured despite the accident occurring in a strip mall with two crowded restaurants. “The car went into a vacant business, between the two restaurants — Subway and Pizza Hut,” McNevin said. “It looks like the accelerator stuck and he couldn’t get it to stop.”

The car and the building suffered extensive damage.

After the accident, firefighters loaded Field’s groceries in their fire engine and then transported Field, his pizza, and the groceries home.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

F.T.P. ?

I heard about this the other morning while driving back to school.

The video is more frightening than I thought it would be.

This just goes to show that just because we are a democracy and have a 'stable government' doesn't mean the people in charge can be trusted all the time.

This article/video is from after a concert involving bands such as We The Kings and Forever The Sickest Kids.

Suffice it to say, this is pure prosecution without justification.

The lady at the end of the video is the final kicker... she's more worried about people standing on the street outside her apartment (to document the brutality so they can back up their pending complaints to the city with physical evidence such as this video) than the fact that people are getting the crap beat out of them for no reason by the Philadelphia police.

What is this horrible world coming to?

Whipped.