Unknown_Driver

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ok so which one of you fawkers did it

thank goodness i have a titanium grey...

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Hit-and-run victim, 38, dies of injuries
Police follow tips after pedestrian struck Sunday near Rideau Centre

Don Butler
The Ottawa Citizen


Wednesday, July 16, 2008


Ottawa police have received several tips about a hit-and-run accident in the downtown core that claimed the life of a 38-year-old Ottawa man yesterday.

Mitchell Anderson was rushed to hospital late Sunday night after being struck by a sports car just steps from the Rideau Centre.

He died of his injuries yesterday afternoon.

Police released the victim's name after notifying next of kin, but haven't provided any further information about him.

Mr. Anderson was crossing Colonel By Drive from east to west at the corner of Rideau Street at 11:16 p.m. Sunday when he was struck by a northbound vehicle.

The car, described by witnesses as a red Mazda RX-8, then sped off down Sussex Drive.

No other details of how the accident happened have been released.

According to witnesses, the car was driven by a white male in his late 20s to early 30s. A white female of similar age, with shoulder-length blond hair, was in the vehicle with him.

A number of those who witnessed the accident have been interviewed by detectives, said police spokesman Const. Alain Boucher.

In addition, he said, police had received five other tips from members of the public as of last evening.

"The investigation is proceeding cautiously," he said. "We have several leads that we're working on."

However, he said, investigating officers are not yet at the point of making an arrest.

Hit-and-run investigations can be long and labour-intensive, as police try to link often-skimpy evidence found at the scene, such as paint chips, to a vehicle.

Several factors should make their task a bit easier in this investigation, including the fact that it happened at a busy downtown intersection, in front of many witnesses.

In addition, the fact that Mazda RX-8s are relatively uncommon should help, Const. Boucher said. "It's not an overly sold vehicle, so that makes it somewhat easier."

The model has only been in production since 2003.

Police have released two pictures of the model of car involved in the hit-and-run.

Given the amount of information police already have, "we're hoping that the driver or his passenger will come and talk to us and give their side of the story," Const. Boucher said.

Police are asking anyone with information about the accident to contact their collision investigation unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 2471 or 2481, or phone Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS).

Most hit-and-runs are eventually solved, often when drivers attempt to get their damaged vehicles repaired. Police ask area body shops to watch for cars matching the description of the vehicle they are seeking.

Still, a small number are never solved. One of the most puzzling is the July 31, 1999, collision on Highway 31 near Mitch Owens Drive that killed 22-year-old Robin Brunet.

After hitting Ms. Brunet, the driver of the 1990 or 1991 white Toyota Camry stopped about 50 metres down the road for a few moments before speeding off toward Ottawa.

No arrest has ever been made in the case.

© The Ottawa Citizen 2008

prospectjtaz

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Not me dude, I live in the GTA, and have a Silver. Wonder if he is on the forum.

ShinkaTeen

omg.. that betterrrrrr runnnn, or he's going to jail.

BODY KIT BODY KIT!!!.. they'll NEVER KNNNOOWWW!

Unknown_Driver

i know of a couple members in ottawa with red ones

hammer... but his car was parked broken down next to mine at the dealership all week/weekend

senna_8 ??????? havn't seen him in a while he might match the description but doubt he'd run off...

theres another guy here with a red one but he is not a white male

theres an older lady with one but she's the only person i've seen drive her car

Footman

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wow such bad rep...

Thief

Hide your VRs bitches!

prospectjtaz

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Of all the colors it had to be Red, hopefully this guy comes forward, and this gets quieted down quickly, cause if it gets blown up, just bad rep for the rest of us.

In addition, the fact that Mazda RX-8s are relatively uncommon should help, Const. Boucher said. "It's not an overly sold vehicle, so that makes it somewhat easier."

One of the main reasons I bought the 8.

Footman

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in particular bad rep for RED ones.... gotta be careful when heading to Ottawa region now until the crime has been solved. They'll suspect all red rx8's on the street now.

dozer

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MINES ALREADY IN THE GARAGE!!!!muahahahahahhahahahahaha

TheWulf

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We have a whole thread going on the Ottawa Mazda boards about this:

http://forum.ottawamazda.ca/showthread.php?t=3840

Apparently the cops are tracking down all the red 8s in the city and hope to find a lead.

Footman

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They might even pass the info onto OPP, since Ottawa is near the Ontario border. It could have been an Ontario plate as well, so GTA owners of Red RX8's like myself are still at risk of being suspected.

To be named later

Neither the car nor the color to try and get away with a hit and run.

TragicallyHip

LOL what you just said sounded like it came straight from the mouth of an American lol... "Ottawa is near the Ontario border. It could have been an Ontario plate as well"

Ottawa is the Capital of Canada... Ottawa IS IN ONTARIO... They are suspecting it to be an Ontario plate, but since Quebec is around 5 mins from where this happened, it could very well be a Quebec plated vehicle.

Hull/Gatineau is on the Quebec side of the border, while Ottawa is on the Ontario side lol...

Footman

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Sorry.. I just got pwned in my own country

Smokin_LaLa

As Chris Rock would say:

"Remember if the police have to come get you, they will be bringing an *** whooping with them"

Rems31

well technically it is near the Ontario border...can't you use Ontario border and quebec border interchangeably since they're the same thing? Though it didn't help his cause when he said it could have been an Ontario plate as well... :-P

TurboEight

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I realize that all your posts all BS.......

it's either thread crap or this kind of ****.....


don't you have anything better to do then come on the forum and crap people's threads and making stupid @ss useless comments?

I'm getting so sick of your posts....

Thief

^^ OH SNAP~! Should I start playing some Street Fighter music?

rettro

I'm in Ottawa for the summer, but mine is black.



...sweet jebus man.

Thief

What's scares me is that if someone pulls this kinda **** in an LY, they'll probably look for me. Especially since LYs are so rare =\

Gecko69

^....i think I just heard that Ottawa police said that they are now looking for a LY RX8....police constable Boucher said " several witnesses were mistaken in the colour of the car, what they now believe to be a bright yellow RX8....compounding to this investigation is several witnesses are now claiming they saw the driver hanging out the window screaming....I'm THIEF BITCH!!! " ...hahaha.....sorry I am in a really weird mood...( disclaimer: this comment is no way ment to downgrade the seriousness of this situation and was directly meant for Thief )...on a serious note, hopefully the driver will come to his senses and come forward....condolances to his family.

Leesha

That sucks! Bet they find them. Just the fact that our cars are so not popular on the road... They should just turn themselves in.

Smokin_LaLa

Well footman at least he is a white guy so no worries......Better turn yourself in buddy before you become another clip on cops, being taken out in handcuffs with no shirt on, in the middle of a field at night

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Police have video of car involved in fatal hit-and-run
Geoff Nixon, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, July 18, 2008
OTTAWA - Ottawa police have obtained video footage of the sports car involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred only steps from the Rideau Centre earlier this week.

Witnesses say a red Mazda RX-8 hit 38-year-old Mitchell Anderson at 11:16 p.m. last Sunday, at the corner of Rideau Street and Colonel By Drive. He was rushed to hospital, but later succumbed to his injuries. The sports car was last seen heading north on Sussex Drive.

Police have now learned the RX-8 involved in the hit-and-run has a sunroof, which was open at the time that it was captured on camera. At present, the video footage of the RX-8 is not being released, but is being analyzed by members of the Ottawa police forensic imaging section.


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Font:****Const. Alain Boucher, who called the video footage "a big break," said Friday that "it is possible" police will release the footage to the public. If a plate number can be identified, police will use that information to locate the vehicle, he said.

It is preferable, however, that the driver and passenger riding in the RX-8 come forward to police.
"We're giving a chance to the driver to come in and give his side of the story before that gets done," he said.
The driver and passenger are described by witnesses as a white man in his late 20s to early 30s, and a white female of similar age, with shoulder-length blond hair.

Const. Boucher said as of Friday afternoon, police had received 35 tips from members of the public.
"We're getting a lot of cooperation from the public in locating this vehicle," he said. "It is nice to see that the public is still interested in this and still wanting to help us out on this case."

Mr. Anderson, originally from Kenora, Ont., had lived in Ottawa for the last few years. He had family living in both cities at the time of his death.

Members of the public can pay their respects to Mr. Anderson at the Kelly Funeral Home, located at 585 Somerset St. W., between noon and 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, July 23.

At 2 p.m. that same day, a service will be held at the Shepherds of Good Hope shelter at 233 Murray St.

finboy

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Ottawa driver charged in fatal hit-and-run laughed when police asked about collision


By Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa CitizenMay 12, 2011



Vlad-Nicolae Precup, right, with defence lawyer Paolo Giancaterino, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident in the July 13, 2008, hit-and-run death of Mitchell Anderson.
Photograph by: Jean Levac, Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA — The first time Vlad-Nicolae Precup was asked if he was driving the red sports car that struck and killed Mitchell Anderson, he laughed.

Precup, now on trial for dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident, had just been confronted with surveillance videos of what a detective suggested was his Mazda RX-8.

Det. Ugo Garneau wanted to know about the July 13, 2008, collision on Colonel By Drive that ultimately took the homeless man’s life.

“What if I suggest the person in there is you?” Det. Ugo Garneau said to Precup.

“It’s not,” Precup replied in a video of the interview played for a jury Thursday. “I wouldn’t do that, man. I wouldn’t run over a guy like that. It wasn’t me.”

Precup, 35, maintained the story four months later, when he was interviewed again by Det. Brian Dodds, even though police had confirmed the car’s licence plate matched his. Police also had a witness who had followed Precup’s car from his apartment to Colonel By Drive. Precup tried suggesting the car in the video was from the United States.

It wasn’t until Dec. 15, five months after Anderson died, that Precup came clean. Dodds asked him if he had anything to tell Anderson’s family.

“It was an accident and I feel real bad,” Precup said.

“I’m sorry, you know,” he said, before adding: “It’s not my fault.”

Precup said he and girlfriend Christy Lu were in the car when Anderson came from nowhere. He was acting “weird,” Precup said, describing how Anderson kissed his hand before touching it to the hood of Precup’s car.

The light turned green and Precup said he sped off after Anderson moved out of the way. Precup said he hadn’t realized he’d hit anyone until three or four days later.

In a separate interview, Lu said they only came forward when they realized police “pretty much know the truth.”

Lu said they held off because they didn’t think anyone would believe them and out of fear of an angry public reaction.

Precup acknowledged he made a mistake in not coming forward sooner, but was afraid of his parents finding out.

He also didn’t want Lu to lose her job as a teacher.

“If it’s an accident, why would you lie?” Sgt. Tim Hodgins demanded to know. “If this was truly an accident, you would have come forward a long time ago.”

“I didn’t really lie,” said Precup at one point, maintaining that he was afraid to come forward.

“I just felt bad for his family,” he later added. “I thought they need to know the truth.”

aseymour@ottawacitizen.com

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

maitre

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Accidents like these are tragic, there's nothing else to it. Nobody ever *means* to hit a pedestrian, it just doesn't happen. But if the day comes that you do injure someone with your car (accidentally), you either do the right thing, or you get to live with the consequences of your foolish actions (whether you get caught or not).

That said, these stories obviously stir up some heavy emotions for the members of this board -- we kind of feel bad for the vehicle, don't we?! :P But it doesn't change the fact that this guy made a terrible mistake in fleeing the scene (especially given his choice of auto).

It's something that should make us all stop and think. And maybe some day, when another accident happens, someone will do the right thing ...