Gothamist: More Details in Fatal Queens Car Crash

NannyState

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:45:02 -0500

Thank you #31 and I second those comments.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:27:19 -0500

With all of the public transportation alternatives this area has, why does anyone drive drunk? I hope this dumbass is put in front of a firing squad. Oh yeah wait, NYS doesn't believe in the death penalty. Wankers!

eid201

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:06:47 -0500

For the record, Bessy worked for a car service that was called to dispatch a car in Brooklyn. That's when she went to pick up Yota and her friends to bring them home. This was not an illegal livery hitch, and by all accounts, Bessy was driving safely - was not drunk or tipsy. SHAME ON YOU, YellowCab, for making assumptions about people, ESPECIALLY those who have passed. No respect at all. You are about as classy as the low-lifes mentioned in the articles.

ganghiscon

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:50:09 -0500

"Omar was already slated to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on Dec. 12, to face second-degree murder charges and first-degree robbery charges in the May 2006 beating death of Thomas Whitney." Apparently Whitney, 24, had asked Omar for directions, but Omar, who was on his cellphone, "became incensed and, news accounts said, told five friends who were with him to 'Get the white -- '" and Whitney was kicked and beaten (with a steel pipe) to death. If a bunch of white dudes said "Get the black/Muslim/gay etc --" and beat him to death, I believe at least the NYPD and Nassau PD, if not Suffolk, would have brought hate crime charges. And Astoria is not full of assholes like this.

hug0chavez

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:42:43 -0500

Astoria is a creep-filled hellhole.

Kreo

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:47:37 -0500

Whitney's killers were all from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan except one. http://www.nypost.com/seven/09212007/news/regionalnews/d_a__might_spring_killer.htm Do they consider themselves "brown" or something?

Mr Mel

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:39:17 -0500

How about the guy who robbed a victim? He's going right to the Lowlife Hall of Fame.

nustita

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:25:31 -0500

Both Panayiota Dametrious and Bessy Velasquez were beautiful, hard-working women who had already shown how much they could achieve in this world-- the one studying to be a psychologist to help people live better lives, the other working a traditionally male job to support her two daughters. May God comfort their families.

NannyState

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:24:23 -0500

Boycott Yellow Cab. Boycott Yellow Cab. Boycott yellow Cab. Boycott yellow Cab. Boycott Yellow Cab.

Rebleim

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:21:12 -0500

"Wow... those livery cabs are unsafe. Better take a Yellow cab! http://www.yellowcabnyc.com" "Yellow Cab must be related to these two creeps." "I apologize for the inappropriate advertising, but its not like the victims family has time right now to read online comments!" ACTUALLY, MR. YELLOW CAB, YIOTA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME TO READ ONLINE COMMENTS. IT MIGHT JUST HELP THE NEWS SINK IN. IT MIGHT JUST HELP WITH CLOSURE. WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR MY FRIEND'S BODY TO BE FLOWN BACK HOME FOR HER FUNERAL?

chale

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:20:08 -0500

I saw the accident scene not too long after it happened. I will never forget the tragic scene, and I hope that Omar get's life in prison, and is then beaten to death by a gang of 5 while serving his first week. My heart goes out to the friends and family of Panayiota and Bessy.

Yellow Cab NYC

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:35:52 -0500

My condolences to friends and family! I know there is not many yellow cabs available in queens and other outer boroughs. BUT there is a big difference between illegally getting into a livery cab off the street and calling a licensed car service! Some of these differences lie in the cars and drivers behind these sketchy operations. Maybe the livery driver was high or tipsy himself, or just has slow reactions and did not outmaneuver the range rover in time or maybe his old livery cab malfunctioned, who knows?

eid201

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:05:04 -0500

Yellow Cab NYC you are sorely mistaken in almost every comment. 1.) Yotoula and Bessy had great many relatives and friends who love and miss them dearly. I happen to be one of them and find your disgusting "advertising" just as awful as other bottom-feeding actions we've seen this weekend. 2.) as for the creepiness of "gypsy" cabs... a few facts for you. car services are the only transport readily available in queens, bklyn where MANY NYC residents live. these drivers and cabs are NOT at all creepy. YOU are. for taking this loss of life as an opportunity to promote yourself (as if you could not simply find a fare with the light on). Thank you to all of you who have commented to support the victims. They were both much beloved women in their families. We miss them dearly, and the man vile and criminal that took them from us. I beg your help in ensuring only justice is served.

Yellow Cab NYC

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:06:35 -0500

I apologize for the inappropriate advertising, but its not like the victims family has time right now to read online comments!

Yellow Cab NYC

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:58:32 -0500

Hey its true... gypsy cabs are shady!

west side Michael

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:55:47 -0500

This guy is free in NYC after beating someone to death with a lead pipe for just asking this creep psycho directions? It's hard enough for men to ask for anything from another guy when lost or confused. Sad.

NannyState

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:49:16 -0500

This jerk needs to have a bad fall in jail. A very bad fall.

Wza

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:40:31 -0500

Yellow Cab must be related to these two creeps.

Jerky

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:33:48 -0500

Excecute him and drop the rest of his upstanding family off in North Waziristan!

Dirk

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:28:18 -0500

I think Yellow Cab gets the award for most inappropriate advertising. Very classy....

r1b2

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:04:27 -0500

No hole is deep enough for this sort of scum. We should have the folks in jail work at digging deep pits for animals like this. Prison is pointless because he won't be rehabbed. He needs to be excluded from our planet.

nice job

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:58:38 -0500

aaaaaand now Yellow Cab NYC comes in to promote his cab service. What is it about this story that it's attracting the sickest individuals?

Steven

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:36:29 -0500

This is not the first time something like this happens and wouldn't be the last time as well. There are too many drivers on the road who shouldn't be there in the first place.

jaycjay

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:15:46 -0500

"Actually that's an Iranian sounding name." Actually that's a Pakistani name. "Daryush Omar was set free by a scumbag liberal judge" Again, no he wasn't. He was released because the DA's office didn't have evidence with which to pursue an indictment. According to reports at that time of the 2006 killing, he couldn't be deported because he had renounced his Pakistani citizenship. He was on "supervised release" because ICE also couldn't simply hold him indefinitely. Basically, no judges liberal or otherwise had anything to do with it.

HUGO_MEGO

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:57:10 -0500

Daryush Omar was set free by a scumbag liberal judge and look what happens. Now all of you neo-lib hipsters are crying for the death penalty. LOL!!! Daryush Omar is an immigrant who came to America looking for a better life. Are you people racist or something?

newsyspice

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:52:41 -0500

I'd love to take a yellow cab in Queens. You try finding one.

nik13

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:46:38 -0500

Actually that's an Iranian sounding name. And if he's Iranian, he's likely to be Muslim & as such he should have stayed away from booze. Does it really take deaths of 2 or maybe even 3 people to put this vermin away & preferably down?

Pawelek

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:46:19 -0500

Very unappropriate Yellow Cab NYC.

nycviabos

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:30 -0500

Unbelievably tragic. So many missed opportunities to prevent this from happening.

Yellow Cab NYC

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:20:17 -0500

Wow... those livery cabs are unsafe. Better take a Yellow cab! http://www.yellowcabnyc.com

Billiamsburg

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:11:52 -0500

Another upstanding African American citizen celebrates Obama's victory.

nice job

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:09:16 -0500

Also from the newsday article: "Also arrested at the scene of the accident was Evangelos Fotiou, 42, of 31-18 34th St. in Queens, who was caught trying to steal money from the bodies of Velasquez and Dametriou, according to a police source." This story gets more and more ridiculous. This creep beats some poor guy for asking him directions and this other creep steals the dead women's wallets from their bodies? Where do these disgusting people come from?

chelcc

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:03:54 -0500

heart breaking.

Splicer

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:03:18 -0500

This Omar character is proof positive that abortion should be mandatory unless the parents can be shown to have no mental illness on either side of the family. This savage is a genetic aberration that needs to be wiped out. I'm sorry the cops didn't have the sense to eradicate this mutant when they had the chance.

Dirk

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:02:37 -0500

Wow, let's just shoot this guy and get it over with. And oh, the guy that stole from the dead victims... he should have his hands broken.

jaycjay

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:55:34 -0500

He wasn't out on bail. The DA couldn't get an indictment, so he was released. It wasn't a judge's decision, it's simply NYS Criminal Procedure Law. The DA basically has six days after arraignment to get an indictment from a grand jury, or at least start the proceedings. Otherwise, the accused person is released.

DarkGemini

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:53:28 -0500

Death penalty, plain and simple. This is the first time in my adult life where I believe capital punishment would be an appropriate sentence. It's pretty clear that this individual does not place a necessary value on human life; the same common courtesy need not be extended to him.

ides_of_march

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:33:27 -0500

The judge who let this sub-human trash out on bail should have been in that livery cab instead of those two innocent ladies.