Public Safety
Waterloo teen cited after three hit-and-run crashes in 30 minutes
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 by admin.
A Waterloo teen has been cited for reckless driving and other charges after being involved in three hit-and-run accidents in a span of 30 minutes.
No injuries were reported after 16-year-old Leana Hitchcock crashed through a fence at East High School and struck a Ford Explorer parked in the lot of school early Monday.
Waterloo police Captain John Beckman says the teen drove off and collided with a second vehicle in traffic. She continued on her way, striking a parked car.
Hitchcock was detained a short time later, when police discovered her driver’s license had been revoked earlier for failure to safely operate a motor vehicle.
In addition to reckless driving, the teen was cited for driving while suspended and failure to leave information at an accident. She was released to her parents.
– Associated Press
Dostoevsky
12. Nov, 2009
These people grow up to be even worse drivers as adults complete with no-insurance, no valid registration, and multiple moving violations.
You can spot them a mile away: They always drive their piece of crap 1990s Buicks with one "doughnut" spare tire on and a dragging muffler for posterity.
OwenHarper
12. Nov, 2009
I'll take a Big Mac, an order of fries and a Coke please.
Dostoevsky
12. Nov, 2009
So sad…. you'll always be a…..well…you know.
snapin2slimjim
12. Nov, 2009
I'm always astounded when I see the insurance stats claiming that teenage boys are the highest-risk drivers. Those insurance adjusters never took a ride in a car piloted by a 16-year-old girl, methinks.
rhondaks
12. Nov, 2009
My insurance agent told me several years ago the whole "boys are higher risk" thank girls is really fading away. It was put in place many decades ago when it was traditionally teen boys who had cars. Girls didn't have them, but as the number of girls evens out with boys who own cars this statistic is going away. With that being said, I have daughters, so I do not know if that actually is paying off for boys or not.
Ann_Onamouse
12. Nov, 2009
What I wanna know- How do you raise up a child THAT irresponsible???
GrandpaR
12. Nov, 2009
By not being a responsble parent. Not knowing where they are, what they are doing and not asking questions.
snapin2slimjim
12. Nov, 2009
It's probably worth noting here that knowing where this girl was, what she was doing, and asking her questions are unlikely to have prevented the accidents in question. If she passed driver's ed, then there's not a whole lot you can do to keep her from driving unless she kills someone. I think we've all seen the stories about drunk drivers who kill after having been cited for OWI over and over and over in the past. Those people were driving drunk, which is illegal; this girl was just driving stupid, for which there is no remedy.
Tyree_C
12. Nov, 2009
Execute her now, and save someone you love in the future.
GrandpaR
12. Nov, 2009
Make that a double cheese burger n fries. Love ya man !
snapin2slimjim
12. Nov, 2009
Stupidity breeds irresponsibility, and there's not much a parent can do about stupidity.
GrandpaR
12. Nov, 2009
Oh yes there is.
CRConcerned
12. Nov, 2009
Not if the stupidity is on the part of the parents. Why didn't they take away the car keys when her license was first suspended? I hope they learn their lesson as they are paying for all of the damage.
snapin2slimjim
12. Nov, 2009
School me, grandpa.