Driver With Suspended License Hits High School Students

Yesterday morning around 9 a.m, two students were walking to Lincoln High School when they were struck by an unlicensed SUV on Ocean Parkway and West Street in Brooklyn. The teens, both 17, were taken to the hospital; the male student is stable while the female is in critical condition. WPIX reports that the "SUV's 54-year-old driver stopped at the scene and waited for police to arrive" and "was arrested and charged with driving with a suspended license." One Lincoln HS student told WCBS 2, "People zoom up and down this block, I don't know where they need to go." Update: The Daily News says driver Oliver Black was allegedly drunk.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 11, 2009 8:30 AM

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That's What She Said

There's a reason these bozos lost their licenses... So why is driving without a revoked license, or with a suspended license, not classed as a felony?

We over-criminalize everything else - so why not this?

NannyState

You're seriously asking the cops to write up a *drunk* in an *SUV* for a felony?

irvinghowe

people are not afraid of the consequences of driving drunk. something needs to be done to put extreme fear into potential drunk drivers because this shit is getting tired.

zodak

it's true, they act like they are in tanks & have a "everyone better get out of my way" attitude when they drive. of course this one was drunk at 9am.

felixthecat2

I hate SUVs. Per my experience, they are the worst and aggressive drivers.

Clarice City

Always, always, always a drunk in an SUV with a suspended (or no) liscence.

I've often wondered why the state doesn't pass a law to prevent anyone who has had a DUI or wreckless driving (invoving anything from aggresive driving to vehicular deaths) incident from purchasing an SUV.