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nasty multicar in Wilmington NC

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http://www.starnewsonline.com/.../1004Quote »One dead, four injured in multi-car crash at Market and 17th streetsWilmington police and fire department put the pieces together after a deadly multi-car accident leaves Market Street closed at the intersection of 17th Street late Friday night when a pickup truck went on a hit-n-run spree killing one person and leaving 4 injured. Photo by Jeff JanowskiBy Shannan Bowen & Veronica Gonzalezand Veronica GonzalezPublished: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:37 p.m.Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 12:14 a.m.A 31-year-old Southport man died Friday night after a pickup truck he was traveling in hit a car at the intersection of 17th and Market streets, launching the pickup about 20 feet into the air and into a utility pole in front of Andrews Mortuary.Police identified the deceased as Michael Demetrius Clemmons. The other person in the pickup truck was Derrick Odell Moore, 29, also of Southport. Moore was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he was listed Saturday in very serious but stable condition, said Wilmington police spokeswoman Lucy Crockett.Both men were ejected, and it has not been determined which man was driving the pickup, which police say struck two vehicles on Market Street about 10 p.m. Friday, Crockett said.Three people riding in the Pontiac Vibe that the pickup struck also were injured in the wreck and transported to the hospital. Crockett said the names of the victims and details on their injuries were not available Saturday, but she said hospital officials expected them to survive.Police continued the investigation into the deadly wreck Saturday, but preliminary findings indicated the pickup first may have struck a car at 23rd and Market streets and then fled westbound on Market Street at a high rate of speed before hitting the Pontiac Vibe at 17th Street.The driver of the first car that was hit, a TV news production assistant on his way to work, said he was rear-ended repeatedly by the pick-up, said Wilmington police traffic officer Mark Anderson, who was on the scene of the accident Friday night. The driver was shaken up but declined to be treated at the hospital, Crockett said.Crockett said no charges have been filed yet because officials are still interviewing witnesses and conducting the investigation.A section of Market Street between 16th and 17th streets was closed for some time Friday night as investigators examined the scene.Priscilla Truell was at the Shop-N-Go at 17th and Market streets when she saw the truck fly through the air and strike the utility pole, snapping it near the top.'I seen that truck fly through the air, drop down and the tires come off,' she said.She said she saw a man under the front of the pickup truck, lying face down on the street with his legs sticking out from under the vehicle. Police said that man was alive when he was taken to the hospital.A tire rested in the middle of the road, and a pink Forever 21 shopping bag lay near the front of the pickup truck. A brown, high-heeled shoe and a red piece of clothing looked like they'd fallen out of the bag. A tree branch also lay in the street.Anderson said the driver of the pickup truck lost control when it hit Pontiac Vibe, rear-ending it at the traffic light.'It probably turned over several times,' Anderson said about the pickup. 'At some point, bodies are being ejected.'Shop-N-Go store clerk Jimmy Smith said he looked up from the register when he heard an explosion.'I saw a truck flying through the air,' he said.There's more pics at the link above, this is the one of the Vibe

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I'm heading for Wilmington next week. From the south end of Wilmington often take 16th/17th to and from Market to get downtown for lunch at one of the riverside restaurants. 17th is one way north and 16th one way south.
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Wow.
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I'm glad the Vibe passenger compartment stayed intact. That probably saved some innocent lives.I'm only guessing but judging by the two guys in the truck lengthy prison records, it's possible they were out doing their Christmas shoplifting and looking to make a getaway. Unfortunately, the shape of the Vibe served as a launching pad, making these clowns almost Wilmington's first astronauts.
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