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Updated: 4:18 PM Nov 9, 2007
Charges Are Filed in Drag Racing Case
Augusta County Three men are in police custody Wednesday night after police say they were involved in a drag race that led to the death of a Staunton teenager last week.
Posted: 5:06 PM Oct 31, 2007Reporter: Meg Gatto Email Address: mgatto@whsv.com |
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Three men are in police custody Wednesday night after police say they were involved in a drag race that led to the death of a Staunton teenager last week.
Corey Beasley, Torrance Mack, and Robert Gaylor were all arrested Tuesday. The accident on Route 42 killed 18-year-old Brittany Engleman.
Beasley was driving the car from which Engleman was ejected. He is being charged under felony racing statute while Mack and Gaylor are being charged as accessories. All three also face charges of obstruction of justice.
Virginia State Police Sgt. Frank Pyanoe says, "Racing is popular among some teens, but it often goes undetected by law enforcement so unfortunately it takes an incident like this to reach those teens."
Pyanoe says they determined racing was a factor after a thoroughly reconstructing the accident.
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Anonymous, on June 25th. You sit in front of your computer and say don't point fingers. And you add poor dicision, and you add the victim was a participant, let me educate you! Poor dicision, well that was not the first time Cory was reckless with an automobile, check out his driving history at Va courts.com, and this was not his first race, just ask around. And Brittany was in the car however, Cory was in control of the car and he dicided to race. And yes there were wittness there and thank the good Lord above she came forward! And yes I hope it weighs on his mind every day of his life! Poor judgement cost a bight young lady her life! He's human, Yes true, however thats why we have the court system in place for human's such as him! I pray for her Mom,Sister,Brother, and Nanny and Granddady!
As an update: Everyone is pointing fingers. Where you all witnesses? Only the individuals involved in the situation know the truth. Unfortunately, one of them is no longer with us, but as unfortunate as that is, she too was a part of the situation. When a life is lost, the public feels that someone has to pay. They forget that the victim was a participant. The finger pointers forget that they may have made some very poor decisions in their life that could have also resulted in a tragedy. Since we all were not there, stop pointing fingers. This was not a situation where someone set out to "kill" someone. It was either an accident that everyone is jumping on, or it was a bad decision, but whatever -- there will not be a day that goes by that this will not be on Cory's mind. Whether he is guilty of poor judgement, or simply lost control on the gravel road, he is human. All we can do is pray for those involved.
Im glad you knew everyone involved in this accident, and you say they have learned a lesson, On what how not to tell the truth 101... And how can you say everyone eles will open their eyes and take more responsibility in their actions, tell me have these 3 men done it yet themselves? You have not read the April 20th 2008 court story have you... My friend it don't take an expert just an eye wittness... ( insert sarcasm here)
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