Man Dies After Road Rage Punch Sends Him Into Traffic

[truthpusher]

............please drive safe!

http://www.wftv.com/news/4628203/detail.html

Man Dies After Road Rage Punch Sends Him Into Traffic
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POSTED: 7:20 am EDT June 20, 2005
UPDATED: 11:40 am EDT June 20, 2005
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DAVIE, Fla. -- An altercation in a casino parking lot escalated into road rage and ended with a man killed in a hit-and-run accident, officials said.

Julio Cesar Roqueta Reyes, 24, of Miami, died early Sunday morning when he was knocked into traffic and struck by a vehicle at a Davie intersection, police spokesman Bill Bamford said.

Roqueta became involved in a heated dispute around 4 a.m. with another man over Roqueta's souped-up Dodge Neon in the parking lot of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, police said.

Both men got in their own vehicles and continued hurling insults at each other as they drove north toward Davie, police said.

At the intersection of State Road 7 and Griffin Road in Davie, both men got out of their cars and began fighting. Roqueta was punched in the face, knocking him into northbound traffic, Bamford said.

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[Megahurtz]

1. Holy Crap. n/t

[jobycom]

2. Do you know

that your name is used as a pun in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl?

[Megahurtz]

7. No, I didn't even know what Sharkboy/Lavagirl was!

I just Googled it.
But what's the significance of the name, or should I ask?:hide:

[jobycom]

9. It's just a pun at the end

Tehe daydreaming kid has a teacher named Mr. Electricidad, and the kid dreams him as a villain named Mr. Electricity. Mr. E. drops such puns throughout the film, then has to explain them when the heroes don't get them. He does that at the end. "Come here, I will put mega hurts on you." When they look at him blankly, he shouts something like "Oh come on. Megahertz. Don't you kids learn anything in school?"

[Megahurtz]

14. Ha ha!

That's cool!:)

[maxsolomon]

3. how uniquely american!

Roqueta became involved in a heated dispute around 4 a.m. with another man over Roqueta's souped-up Dodge Neon

[Voltaire99]

22. A valid dispute worth dying over!

Love me. . .love my souped-up Dodge Neon.

[tkmorris]

4. Bunch of savages in this town (nt)

[mbperrin]

5. Isn't souped-up Dodge Neon an oxymoron?

I mean, a Challenger or Charger or GTO or Judge or somethin'.

Died for a Neon?

Unbelievable............

[GregW]

6. They musta been straight ballin'

Dig?

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. It's not "Dig?" but

"Feel me?"

If you're gonna go 90's era with "straight ballin'," it seems weird to then get all 60's and 70's up in here with "Dig?," gnaw mean?

[mbperrin]

16. Would that be like that time in '73 when I accidentally married two

sisters near Riverside?

Hey! It was just one of those mixup things! Coulda happened to anybody!

[rppper]

17. aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh......make the "bling" go away!!!!!!

thats more than my "bling-blingometer" can stand.......

[donco6]

18. This pic screams "wannabe"

Just why they "wannabe" is unknown.

[lapfog_1]

8. oxymoron...

is that the same as a moron on oxycontin?

[leftofcool]

10. In a moron on oxycontin

that same as a fatass on drugs?

Left of Cool

[fob]

11. Could someone, ANYONE, find a story about something POSITIVE

coming out of Florida?

I'm waiting for Escape From New York III - (This time it's in Fla) to hit the theaters.

[MGKrebs]

13. "It was not known if he would be charged with a crime"

WTF?

"Bamford said the man who punched Roqueta fled after the incident, but was soon apprehended. Police did not release his identity Sunday night. It was not known if he would be charged with a crime, Bamford said."

He better frigging be charged with something!

And the car that hit Roqueta didn't stop either! Jesus, welcome to the wild west!

[progressivebydesign]

20. Yeah. Is there no justice system out there at all???

I mean.. that begs for at least manslaughter, especially after the dude fled. Hopefully it was just poor reporting...

[Jack_DeLeon]

21. Why should he be charged with a crime, just because?

If he was fighting in self defense then why should he be prosecuted just because the other guy died?

[GoneOffShore]

15. I'm reminded of "Oath of Fealty"

"Think of it as evolution in action."

[robertarctor]

19. Griffin Road, huh?

Named after the family of Patricia Harris? (Her maiden name is Griffin, and her family is big in orange groves.)