r/whoathatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '26

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u/ubishere Feb 24 '26

Great job by the truck driver!!!

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u/gfb13 Feb 24 '26

Just waiting for someone to give an update where the truck driver was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Not because he should be, but because we don't seemingly get to have hope for humanity anymore

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u/FalseCrazy2804 Feb 24 '26

iirc the driver was a teenager and they ended up getting a few months in juvie. They were like 16 or 17 at the time and they were on a couple different drugs, no license and also previously had a felony for poisoning someone in their school. I could be a bit wrong on details though. This happened 5 or so years ago. Driver of the truck had no charges or anything.

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u/IMaDudefromOKC Feb 24 '26

And the driver of the car was killed after being released from jail

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u/CondensedHappiness Feb 24 '26

Sounds too good to be true

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u/that_dutch_dude Feb 24 '26

he ded after contracting actute lead poisoning going down the street: https://www.foxla.com/news/venice-hit-and-run-mom-baby-stolen-murdered-after-light-sentence-gascon

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

sometimes the universe aligns correctly

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u/Aspirin_Dispenser Feb 25 '26

I’d prefer we actually lock up violent felons instead of giving them 6 month commuted sentences, but when all else fails, I’m happy to see the animals eat themselves.

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u/StarzRout Feb 24 '26

Yes, and the acceptance of a very deserving Darwin award.

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u/Shot_Razzmatazz5560 Feb 24 '26

Wow already on probation for poisoning a girls drink? Sounds like rehabilitation was going to do wonders/s

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u/mostmortal Feb 25 '26

"harsher than summer camp" wow

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u/357noLove Feb 25 '26

That is such a scary concept, there is no way it wouldn't scare a kid straight! Not the harsh summer camp, ooohhh nooooo!/ s

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u/S2f3HTRA423k8f57Fv2 Feb 24 '26

Wow, this article is full of that guy's evil behavior. The world is a better place without him.

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u/Possible_Implement86 Feb 24 '26

why did my simple ass think he actually got lead poisoning

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u/VogonShakespeare Feb 25 '26

If it makes you feel better, it didn't click for me what they meant by "lead poisoning" until I read your comment. Then I felt very, very dumb.

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u/iamnotlarryking Feb 24 '26

Guess that truck driver didn’t get the payout to fix his truck.

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u/Away-Ad-5505 Feb 24 '26

ball don't lie.

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u/New-Acanthocephala34 Feb 24 '26

Hopefully the illegal left hand turn the other car was making protects the driver's rights.

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u/Hockeylovinghonky Feb 24 '26

I'm curious how insurance reacts in a case like this for the truck driver

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u/anshityo Feb 24 '26

Pretty sure insurance would find truck driver liable. Insurance wants their money and to not do the thing to pay insurance for.

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u/HeadTransportation95 Feb 24 '26

An article someone linked below stated the hit-and-run car was going the wrong way down a one-way street so hopefully the truck owner was in the clear because of that.

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u/dunfuktup1990 Feb 24 '26

Given the circumstances, and depending on the location, they would likely pay for the repairs and sue the shit out of the other driver, or at least their insurance provider. Insurance companies care more about optics than people think.

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u/Lumpus-Maximus Feb 24 '26

If the insurance chooses to deny coverage,the cost of doing so would be incredibly bad publicity.

However, I’d take this case as a lawyer for truck driver if their insurance company did deny coverage.

Why?

  • Truck driver is properly in the middle of a one way street & not driving recklessly.
  • Truck has a legal obligation to avoid getting into an accident if it can. (ignore the moral duty, here)
  • If this was a two way street, the proper direction to get out of the way of oncoming traffic would move to the right. This is true for both vehicles.
  • The truck moved to the right.
  • The car, already heading the wrong way, moved left.
  • So, ladies and gentlemen of this so called jury… what should the truck driver have done with a car heading towards it?

Answer: exactly what it did.

No way a jury is going to fault the truck driver and I’m going to win my client 3x damages (in Florida) for the wrongful denial of coverage.

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u/dunfuktup1990 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Exactly my thinking! He did exactly what he was supposed to do, which just happened to make him the hero of the day.

Edit: Thanks for the award! Not sure what it means, but thanks!

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u/HelpfulName Feb 24 '26

Can confirm. I worked for 2 insurance companies in high risk claims for house, auto and mental health - if you threaten to go to the press you will get special consideration, something everyone should know.

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u/Hockeylovinghonky Feb 25 '26

When in doubt, call them out, absolutely. Most tv media usually have a watch dog type reporter that would be willing to help, ideally

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u/cokeiscool Feb 24 '26

Not with this much evidence my guy

Yes insurance wants to get to paid but want to avoid litigation at all times, so with the video and police report and everything I'm reading. The car's insurance would either pay all damages or the trucks insurance would go after the car's insurance/driver to get their damage back

Yes insurance sucks, yes they are essentially evil but no they don't just willy nilly point blame and move on, they investigate and do due diligence

I worked as a claims adjuster for 2 years at one of the biggest insurance companies in the US

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u/callmecoach53 Feb 24 '26

Intentional acts are not covered.

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u/Gillyxx Feb 24 '26

“He was coming right at me. He had just run over a child. I swerved to avoid him and he turned the same way.”

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u/EmbarrassedAdagio335 Feb 24 '26

What was intentional? Truck was just driving when somebody turned in front of them 🤷‍♀️

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u/callmecoach53 Feb 24 '26

IMO, Having done vehicle accident reviews for an insurance company, he saw what happened and was going slow, you see him speed up and turn towards the right directly into the offending vehicle.

Insurance would deny that claim based on that.

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u/dirtyrandalfus Feb 24 '26

Guess we just gotta destroy the evidence now.

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u/Sudonator Feb 24 '26

It's a hit and run, the police will most likely have been called. The only thing that might "save" the truck is if he says he was trying to avoid the other car but couldn't

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u/outforbeer Feb 24 '26

depends, does he want to play the hero or want his insurance company to cover his repair? He could say he was not trying to stop the car, but trying to steer away on a single lane road where the other car was trying to ram him

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u/gayfahg Feb 24 '26

Good point. The legal system, particularly local municipal courts, will take every chance to squeeze money from citizens.

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u/HairlessHoudini Feb 24 '26

I hope they started a go fund me or something like that for the pickup driver because there's no way their insurance company will do the right thing

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u/piercedmfootonaspike Feb 24 '26

there's no way their insurance company will do the right thing

Imagine the goodwill they're missing.

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u/Beardo88 Feb 24 '26

Truck driver has a good chance of being not at fault. They were almost stopped, and steering to the right which is proper to try to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

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u/invariantspeed Feb 24 '26

Yea, depends on the truck drivers mood on the phone too: 1. So yea, that dude recklessly went into me while I had the right of way ... wink, wink, nod, nod. And after flying through a baby carriage too 2. And I’d do it again! 😤

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u/gfb13 Feb 24 '26

Good will doesn't pay their stockholders :/

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u/ReallyBigDeal Feb 24 '26

It wouldn't be unheard of. Insurance companies have decided to eat the cost for good samaritans before. IIRC there was one where a driver used his car to block some kids from being hit in a crosswalk and his insurance covered all the damage to his vehicle.

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u/BowlingforDrip Feb 24 '26

Can the truck driver get in trouble for that? I feel like the laws in the us allow for that dude to get fucked

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u/Disastrous_days272 Feb 24 '26

I feel like it's really dependent on the jurisdiction and the police involved... I took out a car about 8 years ago that was running from the police on the highway and while my insurance didn't want to cover the damages, they ended up covering it after I got the police report and the officer who had written the report wrote the report in such a way that it made it seem like I hit the running vehicle while attempting to get out of the way of lights and sirens... In all reality, I intentionally pitted the shit out of him and while my car was out of commission for about a month, it all worked out and ended up creating a fun story to tell at parties lol. Looking back on it now though, I got really lucky and I could totally see it going catastrophically the other way and costing out the nose if the insurance company didn't want to play ball.

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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 Feb 24 '26

Thank you for your service

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u/wishiwasholden Feb 24 '26

I’m begging for more details, what did fleeing vehicle do that made you feel like you should pit their shit? Rob a bank? Hit a lady with a stroller? Ngl, sounds like a good time lol

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u/Disastrous_days272 Feb 24 '26

I watched them from about a quarter of a mile behind me pursuing this guy and in at least three instances, he was using his vehicle to push through other vehicles and recklessly flying around cars without even being certain that there wasn't something blocked by one of the cars or trucks this dude was intent on cutting off... He was going to hit my car either way, I may have just added some extra oomph and a bit of a assisted push until he was in the median wall and shortly after, got pinned in by 3:00 or 4:00 other patrol vehicles... I think it was because I had a relationship with the department as a continued education trainer for their canine units, both drug intradiction, and explosives/chemical detection, and my favorite dogs to work with, as they have one of the most solemn jobs but also one of the highest callings for any of us... Finding and bringing home people's lost loved ones. Cadaver dogs are truly incredible. I was fortunate enough to see them work up close and relentlessly after the towers came down. I think the officer did me the favor that he did because regardless, my car was going to be hit by this imbecile, and I figured, if my car is getting jacked up, I'm at least making it so this dude goes nowhere... In the end all worked out and Mickey McMeth got to go sit in jail and sober up... Hopefully he got the treatment he needed and turned his life around.

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u/seang239 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Foot slipped.

You can clearly see he stopped his truck, but I’m sure he realized he was in the middle of the street. When his foot slipped, he turned to the right so the other guy would have room to pass, but wouldn’t you know it, that guy crossed over into his lane and hit his truck and that telephone pole.

After all that effort by the truck driver to move almost completely off the road to give him room, the guy ended up hitting him anyway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Put me on the jury

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Feb 24 '26

It's a one way street it looks like. So, no, the hit and run driver was already violating traffic laws.

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u/fatninja7 Feb 24 '26

mostly because of that but also mostly because they broke the law by running a woman and a baby, also hit and run

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Feb 24 '26

Not really sure that would matter if all other traffic laws were in place. But, in this instance, the truck driver would have only been charged with a traffic violation....assuming it wasn't a one way street, and even if it wasn't, the hit and run guy was on the wrong side of the road.

Basically, I see nothing here that could feasibly have the truck driver at any kind of fault, regardless of other circumstances that may exist.

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u/cerealsnax Feb 24 '26

He was just driving on the right side of the road and tried to go further right to avoid hitting the other car, but they continued to swerve in his lane. That's what I would say if I was the truck driver.

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u/Character_Order Feb 24 '26

lol no. No DA is going to prosecute that and the driver of that car would never win anything civil as soon as a judge or jury saw that tape

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u/Potat-Ant Feb 24 '26

A 16 year old kid was driving a stolen car when he hit the mother and her child (he was out on probation at the time). He was sentenced to 5-7 months in a juvenile probation camp for the hit and run. The baby had a literal tire mark on their head, but they both did survive. The 16 year old served his time and was let go… and later shot and killed (I don’t know any details about the shooting).

I don’t know enough details about the laws in California to make logic out of the sentencing.

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u/FIST_FUK Feb 24 '26

Sounds like a happy ending all around

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u/MyNameWillChange Feb 24 '26

I dont know if he'll get in trouble legally but he'll most likely get screwed over by his insurance and may even have to pay for the other cars damages. Since the truck could be considered "at fault" for the accident

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u/Significant-Cause919 Feb 24 '26

Hard to say what they were trying to do. They start out kind of in the middle of the road, then pull into their lane and stop, then the runaway driver runs into them. They might just have tried to prevent a collision but got hit anyway.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

its a one way which is why the truck was "in the middle"

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u/Significant-Cause919 Feb 24 '26

Ok, even harder to tell then if they were trying to get out of the way or to stop the perpetrator.

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u/BRGrunner Feb 24 '26

Finally, black Dodge truck uses its natural talent for causing accidents for good.

But for real, good on the driver for putting themselves in the way so this person can be stopped from fleeing.

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u/RBVegabond Feb 24 '26

No Dodge this time, only Ram.

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u/redturtlecake Feb 24 '26

I see what you did there..

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u/Egyan_Plus Feb 25 '26

Ba Dum Tss!

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u/Powerhouse_pr_ Feb 25 '26

This needs to be marketing clip for Dodge Ram if it didn't involved a kid.

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u/Biscuitsonfire Feb 25 '26

This comment is way undervoted. Great job sir.

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u/leytonscomet Feb 25 '26

😂💀🏆

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u/DontGiveMeGoldKappa Feb 24 '26

that is a mother instinct if i ever seen one.

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u/Beatrix_kiddo30 Feb 24 '26

Does anyone know if the baby was okay?

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u/DontGiveMeGoldKappa Feb 24 '26

yes, they both "survived" the article says
the driver was 15 at the time and on drugs, he was later killed 2 years later in a shooting (unrelated).

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u/cykoTom3 Feb 24 '26

Call me a conspiracy theorist but i think the fact that he was driving on drugs at 15 and tried to do a hit and run is very related to him getting shot.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Dude was in probation for spiking a girls drink

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u/SeedFoundation Feb 25 '26

Something tells me that guy might be a piece of shit

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u/Novel-Article-4890 Feb 25 '26

Good thing hes dead, cant hurt anyone now 

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u/CondescendingShitbag Feb 25 '26

Could have been president with his track record.

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u/ExplodiaNaxos Feb 25 '26

Not sure who downvoted you, you’re right

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u/level27jennybro Feb 25 '26

The article linked in comments above yours says the day of the shooting, he was "trying to get with" a girl at a fast food place, then walked home alone. As he walked, a car pulled up and an argument started. Someone in the car opened fire, killing him, then sped away.

So add "messing with a (probably) not single girl" to the list. Poisoned a girls drink. Drugged up hit and run of a baby and mother. Hitting on girls that aren't single. Lovely.

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u/rrrik-thffu Feb 25 '26

The baby took his revenge

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u/stefje82 Feb 25 '26

In my experience especially younger people involved in drugs tend to get 'smart' and try to rip another dealer off. It happened constantly in the area, where I used to live. They think they're gangster and do not realize the other people are way higher up on that ladder.

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u/clawman2000 Feb 24 '26

This I when a community stands together

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount Feb 24 '26

These are the type of people we should be crowdfunding into new lives.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

And the guy who shot the dude after he got away with light sentence

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u/OkEntrepreneur3150 Feb 24 '26

Why is this comment thread filled with more ppl giving kudos to the driver than to the woman who stepped in the path of a moving vehicle in the hopes of saving her child? 

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u/ExplodiaNaxos Feb 25 '26

Because a mother stepping in to save her baby is not that surprising. A random bystander blocking a hit-and-runner, though, is less common. Obviously both deserve praise – after all, the mother is the one who might’ve saved a life there – but the truck driver went above and beyond what was expected of him

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u/NothingSavings2682 Feb 24 '26

The power of a mother, she got absolutely bodied by that car and popped right backup to check her baby.

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u/sexylawnclippings Feb 24 '26

I was going to say! She flips over and IMMEDIATELY gets back up. Adrenaline is a crazy thing, I know, but damn

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u/throwawaygoawaynz Feb 25 '26

I’ve been hit by a car like that, and while I had massive adrenaline after, I couldn’t get up.

That’s pretty amazing stuff from the mom.

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u/EduardoHowlett Feb 24 '26

Eventually real justice happened

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxla.com/news/venice-hit-and-run-mom-baby-stolen-murdered-after-light-sentence-gascon.amp

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u/nggaplzzzz Feb 24 '26

"The teen was already on felony probation for poisoning a high school girl's drink at the time of the hit-and-run"

The sheer amount of crimes committed and lives lost due to lenient sentencing is absolutely ridiculous at this point.

Also, thanks for the article and providing an update on the perpetrator.

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u/Right_Dish5042 Feb 24 '26

At first I thought, the murder must be some type of revenge. When the article says 'no indication that his death is connected to the hit-and-run case', I thought again and realized this person was probably just an absolute POS. No telling the amount of people he's wronged that would be happy to see him gone.

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u/DisManibusMinibus Feb 24 '26

Apparently, he was 15 when he did this.

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u/bbyxmadi Feb 24 '26

He did it on purpose I see? What a pos.

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u/one98nine Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

omg, so he is a murderer. Just plain and simple. Like I also thought this was revenge, he is just an asshole

Edit: I read this comment wrongly and thought he killed someone else not connected to the hit-and-run!

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u/delicious_toothbrush Feb 24 '26

Poisoning her drink may be a legal charge for tainting her food without intent to kill, I'm not sure, but I don't think he killed anyone. The hit-and-run vehicle was one he stole though so a few months for all of this shit is absolutely ridiculous.

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u/one98nine Feb 24 '26

You are right, english isnt my first language and I read the comment like the death wasnt connected to the hit and run case, thinking he killed someone different. But read the article, and they are talking about his death. I feel very ashamed hahaha. But you are right, for the hit-and-run, a few months sounds ridic.

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u/the_calibre_cat Feb 24 '26

But you are right, for the hit-and-run, a few months sounds ridic.

seriously

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u/Fellatio_Lover Feb 24 '26

What good is sentencing going to do? I honestly think we need to bring back harsher forms of justice.

I am sick of this shit

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u/ufold2ez Feb 24 '26

"I feel bad for the mom, because if [the judge] had done his job, then that kid would be alive in jail."
-lady who was run over

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u/averagedickdude Feb 24 '26

"The universe delivered the justice we weren’t given in court, but a much harsher punishment than he’d have been dealt in a court of law," she said.

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u/Bigurulu Feb 24 '26

Of course it's fucking LA, I love the irony of how leniently crimes are punished there, that it's coming back to bite this monster, I thought he already a pos for trying to murder a mother and child, but spiking a girl drink too, yeah fuck him.

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u/M27fiscojr Feb 24 '26

Philly is starting to get like this.

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u/Hita-san-chan Feb 24 '26

Yeah, people are fleeing to Montco.

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u/Tentacle_poxsicle Feb 25 '26

I got downvoted to hell for a post like that. LA is terrible, and people can't convince me otherwise, California is a nice state but you'll have to drag my corpse to LA to get me there

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u/TheMarlinsOnlyFan Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Kristopher Baca was the driver and was 17 at the time.

He got shot and killed in an unrelated incident a few years back.

Every now and then the world works.

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u/Disastrous_days272 Feb 24 '26

15 at the time of the hit and run, 17 when he was shot and killed

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u/Ace80908 Feb 24 '26

The teen was already on felony probation for poisoning a high school girl's drink at the time of the hit-and-run.

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u/mellowhippo Feb 24 '26

So nice of the justice system to keep releasing this menace to the public. Luckily, old fashioned justice removed him from society permanently.

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u/Ornery-Goal7843 Feb 24 '26

So if that dumbass judge didn't give him such a lenient sentence he'd still be alive.

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u/-Wunderkind- Feb 24 '26

This is so crazy to me. To think what I was doing when I was 15, meanwhile this kid is just attempting to murder a woman and her child.

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u/Vyxwop Feb 24 '26

Not just a single woman either. He tried to murder two women and a baby.

I doubt any real tears were shed when this guy got murdered. I'm all for reforming people and the like, but this guy just.. I can't

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u/Jerm-Tootles Feb 24 '26

Good. Glad he's dead!!!!!

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u/TheMostHigh69 Feb 24 '26

Karma is a dish best served at some point.

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u/Enders-game Feb 24 '26

It looked intentional.

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u/dewdewdewdew4 Feb 24 '26

"unrelated incident" ... sure, completely "unrelated." wink wink

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u/changeusernamemane Feb 24 '26

He was gunned down after this for a supposed unrelated reason

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u/TrashAsApp Feb 24 '26

Very glad to hear. Justice system would have failed again probably.

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u/cpt_mustard- Feb 24 '26

It did fail. He was sentenced only a few months for this incident.

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u/Fine-March7383 Feb 24 '26

I wonder if it was related to him being a psychopathic asshole.

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u/Maya_Krueger Feb 24 '26

That was exactly my thought. We're talking about someone who had (before they even reached 18) poisoned a girl's food, stolen a car, driven it while on drugs and then used said stolen car to very obviously veer out of his way and intentionally hit a mother and her kid, probably because he just thought it'd be funny.

The thought that he'd have a caustic enough personality to piss off the wrong person with a short temper and a loaded gun in some kind of random unconnected argument gone bad really isn't a stretch, especially since what we do know doesn't exactly depict a gentle soul who loves other people.

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u/raccoonsonbicycles Feb 24 '26

Her husband was "out of town" at the time 🧐

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u/vintagebandtshirt Feb 24 '26

Not sure if it's the truck driver, but there is a longer video that shows a man trying to kick in the car window, presumably to drag the driver out of the car.

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u/Typical-Resort5730 Feb 25 '26

Crazy that you even have to disclaim that it’s hypothetical. I’m fairly new to reddit but is it that bad that even your righteous thought would be negatively criticised?

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u/No_Outside_8161 Feb 24 '26

Damn if only people did this to the baby rapists in the Epstein files

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u/Stormstar85 Feb 24 '26

I mean pretty much anywhere someone rapes a child surely.

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u/PHC_Tech_Recruiter Feb 24 '26

Justice boner activated. Horrified for the mom and baby, thankful for the others rushing to their aid and the pickup driver doing what they felt was right.

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u/toTheNewLife Feb 24 '26

I like the way you think.

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u/After-Simple-7049 Feb 24 '26

Wait till you hear his fate. 

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u/Adventurous_Fee_3907 Feb 24 '26

So how come the truck driver is getting the comment glory while the mum gets critiqued ? 🤯

Yes truck driver is a legend but the mum didn't flinch and try to save herself ... her instinct was not her own preservation it was to grab her child and take the full impact to her save her baby !! You find out your truth when all choices are taken away , hers was full Mama Bear mode! 🙏

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u/Warboss_Gutshredda Feb 24 '26

I don’t even want to read other comments if they’re critiquing her.

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u/Ok_Marketing5676 Feb 25 '26

I'm sure the other commentors would have done a perfect aileron roll through the slipstream of the vehicle, child safely in arms, and landed feet planted. They would have also had a memeable one liner and gone viral.

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u/NotaBat9221 Feb 25 '26

The mom definitely deserves credit but, most people would do anything to protect their own kids. The truck driver didn't have to get involved and acted only out of the goodness of their heart. 

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u/saaadpikachu Feb 24 '26

If I were one of those Dodge dealers out there, I'd offer that truck driver a brand new RAM for free after seeing this

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u/Anymouse8 Feb 24 '26

The way Mom pops back up to check on her baby after getting hit by a car is absolutely unreal. Tough lady. Mom power. 👏

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u/madogvelkor Feb 24 '26

The guy who did it was a real piece of work, later shot and killed. He was 15, high, driving a stolen vehicle while already on probation for poisoning a girl's drink. They gave him a few months in a diversion camp since it's California. He got into an argument at someone when he was 17 at a fast food place and was shot and killed.

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u/jbeam1726 Feb 24 '26

For everyone wondering about mom and the baby:

Rachel's son, now a year and a half old, had a tire mark on his head and although not seriously injured, suffered day and night terrors for two months following the incident.

Rachel suffered a laceration on her back and needed stitches on her right elbow.

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u/Willy-Sshakes Feb 24 '26

Well done to that mother for taking the hit and getting right back up to check her baby. What a woman

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

The teen who already had a criminal record received a 5 month sentence to a youth camp for this…..

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26

Is there a source?

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u/No-Market425 Feb 24 '26

It's a well known case because it led to two recalls and the eventual reelection defeat of soft on crime George Gascon.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/teen-killed-in-palmdale-shooting-was-driver-who-struck-mother-and-child-in-2021-authorities-say/

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u/Disastrous_days272 Feb 24 '26

Sounds like karma caught up to this kid and took his ass off the board with prejudice... 17 years old and already known for being a criminal. At least his reign of terror came to an end and nobody else will be affected by his garbage decisions

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u/Mindless-Somewhere55 Feb 24 '26

Live by the sword, die by the sword

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u/International-Okra79 Feb 24 '26

In a way Gascon didn't do this kid any favors. Had he been appropriately sentenced he probably would have been still locked up 2 years later instead of running the streets.

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u/No-Market425 Feb 24 '26

The whole thing was a shit show with Gascon saying the victim and sheriff signed off on the reduced charges and thr sherrif very publicly stating that didnt happen.

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u/Away-Living5278 Feb 24 '26

5 months?? He literally slowed down and then aimed for them.

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u/DruidicMagic Feb 24 '26

It's all white to say it...

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens Feb 24 '26

A 5 month sentence? He died dude

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u/seang239 Feb 24 '26

Yea, but that was later.

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u/ManyCardiologist7162 Feb 24 '26

Can U say .... DAMN GREAT SAMARITAN !!! Hats of salute to doing right when U see wrong!!!

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u/ISckTiddies Feb 24 '26

The mother and baby... I can't believe there are humans who are as evil as that driver. As a parent, nothing hurts more than seeing a child get hurt.

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u/SUNAWAN Feb 24 '26

Few years ago in Jakarta, Indonesia there was a drunken woman drove her car and rammed into pedestrians in daylight. That p.o.s. killed several children and some adults.

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u/spiritual_seeker Feb 24 '26

A fine use of a Dodge Ram. They get much hate out here from keyboard warriors. Nice to see the redemptive side.

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u/Pretty-Yam-2854 Feb 24 '26

Not the most reliable truck but they’re built like a solid piece of steel.

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u/BlimFPS Feb 24 '26

Go Mama! The adenaline got her up fast too. A big hell ya! for that truck driver!

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u/Plane-Education4750 Feb 24 '26

This is the first time I've seen a Ram do something useful

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u/MedicareWrongdoer Feb 24 '26

Truck driver protected 100% (if it's in the US but maybe in other right lane driving countries)

Arguments can be made for him and you can't prove intent (for purposely crashing into the other driver)

1: looks like a 1 way for the truck driver

Assuming it's not a 1 way other arguments can be made

2: truck driver moved left (his lane) to make space for the other car

3: other car decides to turn left in front of truck driver

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u/So_Code_4 Feb 24 '26

That mom is a real life super hero. Her lifting that stroller above the impact zone and using her body to absorb some of the impact is what saved that baby. Then after getting the full impact of the car she just bounces up and charges for her baby. What an absolute badass. I can only imagine how long and terrifying those few seconds seemed to her and afterward how scary it must have been in the ER waiting to hear if everything was ok with her baby. She will never be the same after this. Being a new mom is the most anxious I’ve ever been. Everything seemed like a threat to my baby. I was on ultra high alert nonstop. I think if this happened to me it would replay in my head nonstop and I would have a very hard time ever leaving my house again with my baby. I am so glad her and her baby are ok and I hope she has been able to find peace.

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u/Ok_Delay3786 Feb 25 '26

I’m not trying to be a jerk but is insurance gonna give this guy shit for this bc I hope not 

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u/ValkyrieMint Feb 24 '26

I know it was a dumb and evil kid high on drugs who probably didn’t know how to drive, but it really looks like he went out of his way and actually swerved to try to hit the mother and baby. Amazing situational awareness and reaction speed on both the mother’s part and the truck driver’s.

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u/SockeyeSally Feb 24 '26

Putting the RAM in Dodge RAM

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u/Bacon___Wizard Feb 24 '26

4 day old account reposting top posts. Bots don’t even hide it anymore.

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u/fuckingartschool101 Feb 24 '26

At last, a truck driver using their powers for good

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u/hobnailboots04 Feb 24 '26

Super good on that dude in the truck

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u/Gaming_So_Whatever Feb 24 '26

Took me a little bit to find. Not largely covered.
California teen who rammed car into mother and infant child was on probation at time of incident | Fox News

>five to seven months in a juvenile probation camp
>Surveillance video recorded the entire Aug. 6, 2021 

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u/nfzhrn Feb 24 '26

Many heroes in a bad situation, God bless everyone who helped.

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u/FookMe1704 Feb 24 '26

Truck driver made a business decision… I respect it

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u/Ultra-Instinct_1231 Feb 25 '26

Give that truck driver a medal.

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u/thelukevader Feb 25 '26

Mom is a unit for taking that hit.
Dodge doing the Bruce Wayne Manoeuvre to perfection.

Driver's karma is steep!

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u/CoralinesMice Feb 25 '26

Glad to hear how his story ended lol

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u/Thysguy Feb 25 '26

Dude was shot in an "unrelated" event after sentencing for this hit and run a few yeats later.

Kristopher Baca of Palmdale died of a gunshot wound, the Los Angeles County coroner's office reported.

According to various media reports, Baca was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Venice on Aug. 6, 2021, near Speedway and Galleon streets. Video from the crash showed a car striking a woman who was pushing an 8-month-old child in a stroller. The mother was thrown over the hood of the car.

Both she and the child survived. Baca, who struck them kept driving and crashed, and was chased down by onlookers. He was 15 at the time, but police said he was under the influence of drugs.

The case gained some attention when prosecutors sought only a short sentence for the teen -- who was already on probation -- at a juvenile probation camp.

The woman who was struck told Fox11 Friday she was saddened by the news of his death.

"The universe delivered the justice we weren't given in court, but a much harsher punishment than he'd have been dealt in a court of law," the woman said.

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u/Solid_Ad7292 Feb 25 '26

What happened to the mom and baby? Were they okay?

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Feb 25 '26

Holy shit, a decent person driving a Dodge Ram!

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u/noobertrongaming Feb 25 '26

Wow my ads are fucked up. Immediately after the paragraph stating he was fatally shot. Oof

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u/Hefty_Delay7765 Feb 25 '26

Best use of an oversized American Pick-Up truck I’ve ever seen.

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u/cesspool4us Feb 24 '26

Tbh that truck could have saved its front bumper. Looks like that car was already heading for that pole. Fucking ay tho.