Take care on the Southern Motorway

[Calo]

This is pretty horrific. :mad:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10341765

[crashe]

I hope the police find these bastards who did this.

When on the motorways, I tend to always look up at the overbridges to see who is up there, just because of this reason.
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Driver killed by concrete dropped from bridge - 21.08.05
By David Fisher

A man was killed instantly when a block of concrete was deliberately dropped from an Auckland motorway overbridge and through the windscreen of the car he was driving.

Police have launched an investigation to find the person they believe dropped the 8kg lump of concrete from the Princes St overbridge on Auckland's Southern Motorway on Friday night. The concrete killed the driver, causing the car to crash, injuring three passengers.

It follows an increasing number of similar incidents in the area. Motorway surveillance cameras have filmed people, mostly teenagers, throwing chairs and wood at passing cars, and playing chicken by lying down on the road.

The 20-year-old man was driving north, with his girlfriend beside him and two male friends in the back, when the concrete pierced the windscreen about 9.20pm.

"It just sliced through the windscreen like a hot knife through butter. There was a big bang. All they remember is the bang, and careering off the side of the motorway," said Detective Senior Sergeant Neil Grimstone. "They are shocked, completely and utterly distraught. They are going to have to live with this for the rest of their lives. What they witnessed was horrific."

The car, registered to a Rotorua woman, came to a halt when it struck a power pole.

Last night, the shocked family were trying to come to terms with the tragedy and questioned who would do such a thing. "I think there will be some scared kids out there," said one family member.

Police closed the motorway, and detectives were joined by experts from the serious crash unit to investigate the crash.

"It's pretty barbaric. It's an insane act of stupidity that's resulted in a tragic death," Mr Grimstone said.

He appealed for witnesses to come forward, and also asked for anyone who may have been on the bridge to approach police.

"If it was a group of youths, there will be others in the group who did not touch the concrete who will want to distance themselves from having killed this man."

Mr Grimstone said a charge of manslaughter could be laid if the investigation discovered the concrete had been dropped deliberately.

In April 2003, elderly passengers on a coach trip were showered in glass when a rock thrown from the Silverdale motorway on-ramp bridge smashed through their front window.

One woman was blinded for several seconds, her ear was cut and shards of glass narrowly missed entering her eye.

And in 1997, Trevor Hoare was knocked unconscious and almostkilled by a rock, the size of two fists, thrown off the southern motorway's Market Rd overbridge and through his windscreen.

His wife Marilyn grabbed the steering wheel as they careered 800m across two lanes of the motorway and crashed into a wire fence.

Mr Hoare was taken to Auckland Hospital where he needed 10 stitches in a deep wound, millimetres from his windpipe.

"If it had hit my windpipe I wouldn't be here now," he said at the time. Police officers investigating the case can be contacted at the Counties Manukau Crime Squad on 261-1321.

- HERALD ON SUNDAY

[onearmedbandit]

Punishment for these fuckers doesn't even begin to describe what needs to be done to them.

[hondacmx450]

kill them thay took a life so thay should die to eye for a eye fucken dicks

[Coyote]

I can just see these teenagers laughing at the whole thing. Probebly high on something. Dickheads

[Motu]

Mr Grimstone said a charge of manslaughter could be laid if the investigation discovered the concrete had been dropped deliberately.


Sounds like they might of dropped it by accident - a family council and community work will be punishment fitting the crime...he'll need therapy coping with the trauma.I'd like to help him in any way I could.....do you think we could all get together and invite him around for tea and scones??

[Gixxer 4 ever]

kill them thay took a life so thay should die to eye for a eye fucken dicks
This is a sickening thing that has been done. They do need to be delt with in the most severe way but this is not the answer. That eye for an eye stuff is why the world has lost so many good people. However I hear the passion in your voice and understand it on a personal level.

[Pixie]

They should hang them from the bridge concerned,in the path of something solid and moving at 100 kph

[Ixion]

Scum like that are a waste of resources. Terminate , is my vote. They're worthless, useless, they'll never amount to anything. Just a drain on society. Such people should be clinically removed. Nothing vindictive, just a painless clinical excision of a sociological tumour.

[TLDV8]

Scum like that are a waste of resources. Terminate , is my vote. They're worthless, useless, they'll never amount to anything. Just a drain on society. Such people should be clinically removed. Nothing vindictive, just a painless clinical excision of a sociological tumour.

Indeed..but in reality they will get a smack on the hand and then sent on their way.

I am sure the average punter has a 8 kg lump of concrete on them as ballast to stop floating away.

"Mr Grimstone said a charge of manslaughter could be laid if the investigation discovered the concrete had been dropped deliberately. "

[onearmedbandit]

Indeed..but in reality they will get a smack on the hand and then sent on their way.

I am sure the average punter has a 8 kg lump of concrete on them as ballast to stop floating away.

"Mr Grimstone said a charge of manslaughter could be laid if the investigation discovered the concrete had been dropped deliberately. "

Normally I'd agrre about lax sentencing in NZ, but I'm sure an example would be made if these cretins were ever caught. Manslaughter, no way. It was obviously thought out, so murder is the charge I'd be calling for.

[oldrider]

Funny thing how we all look to scumdog's gang to find and fix this problem.
What sort of world would we really have without the Cops?
Maybe it would be easier just to get rid of George Hawkins and Helen etc.
Thinking back there have been a lot of George and Helens in the past too.
There must be "somebody" out there that is better than this lot surely.
Eyes right for me this time round but who exactly? I don't know yet. Cheers John. Thinking thinking listening :hitcher: :puke:

[curious george]

They should hang them from the bridge concerned,in the path of something solid and moving at 100 kph
Best idea sofar...

[MSTRS]

It was probably bored teenagers who haven't had any "entertainment" provided for them by our nanny state, funny thing is I made my own fun when I was a teenager as did my friends- maybe its genetic cos my own kids did/do too.

[yungatart]

Odd that MSTRS I was going to say the very same thing!
Perhaps we could bring back the head spikes on city walls?

[TLDV8]

Maybe it would be easier just to get rid of George Hawkins and Helen etc.
Thinking back there have been a lot of George and Helens in the past too.
There must be "somebody" out there that is better than this lot surely.


I have for some time wondered why a Country the size of NZ could not be run like a business..ie a top flight accountant or 2 etc as Minister of Finance..the PM would be nothing more than a pretty boy/girl mouth piece to represent us..and so it would go on..pay them $1000000 each a year (cheap compared to now) professionals but they would be accountable (a word sorely missing in todays society imho)...Onearmedbandit,i hope they are punished serverely when caught,time will tell........times have changed,i believe that is based on no punishment or accountability..no smacking (when deserved)..no respect for teachers,no respect for police,no respect for society........i believe what will happen here (going by oversea's pass experiance)..the police here will get undermined,that lack of respect will bring on hardball tactic's,they will be armed (plain view) by the end of this decade,the judicial system doing all it can to pander to the undeserving does not help.

[Ixion]

Odd that MSTRS I was going to say the very same thing!
Perhaps we could bring back the head spikes on city walls?
Excellent idea. A constant and powerful minder of teh fact that deeds have consequences.

Can I be in charge of the head removal? I still want to try out this sabre at full throttle thing.

[scumdog]

Don't worry about retribution, a sniper at each bridge would prevent such tragedies and raise the level of the gene-pool in one 'hit'. :niceone: :ar15:

[Pixie]

It was probably bored teenagers who haven't had any "entertainment" provided for them by our nanny state, funny thing is I made my own fun when I was a teenager as did my friends- maybe its genetic cos my own kids did/do too.
Society has failed them,poor lambs

[erik]

It's sickening that people do this stuff.
I hope they catch the f**kers.

[yungatart]

Can I be in charge of the head removal? I still want to try out this sabre at full throttle thing.
Why not?
Vote Ixion for chief head chopper offa fella( Is that Lord High Executioner??)

[Pixie]

Odd that MSTRS I was going to say the very same thing!
Perhaps we could bring back the head spikes on city walls?
Of course,the health dept. would have to check that the heads didn't drip on any food.And OSH would have to make sure the head installing crew were in no danger when installing them on the spikes.
And bring back the the stocks for lesser crimes :devil2:

[Pixie]

Why not?
Vote Ixion for chief head chopper offa fella( Is that Lord High Executioner??)
Or as Homer put it: Judge Judy and Executioner

[Ixion]

Or as Homer put it: Judge Judy and Executioner

I prefer Judge Dredd m'self.

[yungatart]

Of course,the health dept. would have to check that the heads didn't drip on any food.And OSH would have to make sure the head installing crew were in no danger when installing them on the spikes. :devil2:
No waaay, let theirs be the first heads up on the said spikes!

[FROSTY]

Of course,the health dept. would have to check that the heads didn't drip on any food.And OSH would have to make sure the head installing crew were in no danger when installing them on the spikes.
And bring back the the stocks for lesser crimes :devil2:
No you are missing the point completely---First of all the axx would have to be checked to ensi=ure its hygenicly cleaned.
Its hard from my point of view because I believe a violent reaction has a snowball effect. Trouble is those little shits need to learn that their actions have concequences
Ohh yea lets ban the cane lets ban smacking lets ban corperal punishment -It diddnt work overseas but itll work in godzone --yea right

[myvice]

Had a lemon (I think) bounce off my car one day and now I change lanes if I spot anyone on a bridge.
Mate's a truck driver who had an apple or something hit his windscreen, said he couldn’t see a thing!
Must of run out of fruit.
Got an axe somewhere, bit blunt, might take a few hits, you will anyway till you get the hang of the swing and where its going to land.
Not a problem as we have LOTS who just can’t wait to have their heads nicked off just as soon as they can!
Other than that we will have to join Motu's self help group.
After the beating we can feed them my mothers scones, that'll fuck em!

[Lou Girardin]

The trouble is that it's not new. Although this is the first fatal, TV showed CCTV film of this pond scum throwing objects at trucks. Time for vigilante patrols?

[DEATH_INC.]

The trouble is that it's not new. Although this is the first fatal, TV showed CCTV film of this pond scum throwing objects at trucks. Time for vigilante patrols?
Yep, the Police are too busy handing out ass-wipers to deal with this stuff.

[SPman]

Sounds like they might of dropped it by accident - a family council and community work will be punishment fitting the crime...he'll need therapy coping with the trauma.I'd like to help him in any way I could.....do you think we could all get together and invite him around for tea and scones??
Capital! An excellent idea!
And what do you put in your scones, old chap? :whistle:

[Pixie]

No you are missing the point completely---First of all the axx would have to be checked to ensi=ure its hygenicly cleaned.
Its hard from my point of view because I believe a violent reaction has a snowball effect. Trouble is those little shits need to learn that their actions have concequences
Ohh yea lets ban the cane lets ban smacking lets ban corperal punishment -It diddnt work overseas but itll work in godzone --yea right
Ha ha,yeah,like the way they use an alcohol swab on the convict's arm when they put in the I.V.line for the lethal injection.Just because the guy is being killed is no reason to risk infection.

[Goddess of Goof]

I felt really sick when I read about this - and its just another example of how poorly, badly, sickeningly and inadequately....

We in NZ...

Socialise our young men....

Or, as this illustrates, completely and utterly screw up young guys values.

They are jealous they're not a young man in a car with his mates and girls?

So they do dumb arse, Jack Ass fucken idiot stuff and think its? What?
Funny? valuable? Daring? Brave? Like what they see on TV ???

Betcha anything they don't have a Dad. Or if they did, he's a prick anyway.

That's my rant....

They will live to regret it, Karma eh.
:oi-grr:

[mstriumph]

It really bothers me that the report says a charge of manslaughter 'may' be laid if the perps are caught .......

seems wrong when the victim got a death sentence without benefit of judge or jury ...........?

[Lias]

Throwing a small stone, whilst stupid is "mucking around" and I could see a manslaughter charge coming from that if it killed someone.

Throwing a bloody great hunk of concrete at a car is nothing short of attempted murder, and they should be charged as a murderer.

Whats the bet thou that they will claim that their mum didnt love them, they had a rough childhood, and society owes them, and walk with 6 months served.

[CPB]

police have arrested a 14 year old boy and are charging with murder...so that's...6 months in juvie and counselling?

[bugjuice]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10342065
nasty..