Friday, October 25, 2013

Menlo Park Sikh couple mowed down by drunk who also hit car

Menlo Park Sikh couple mowed down by drunk who also hit car

Asian Victim | Terroristic Incidents | vehicle attack

October 24, 2013 54-year-old Marjorie Reitzell who has struggled with alcohol and drug addiction drifted into the bike lane on Chilco Road and struck 45-year-old Kamal Singh and 50-year-old Balbir Singh from behind, throwing the couple into the air and killing them, orphaning their three teen children. She then crossed the lane divider and struck a car head-on carrying four teenagers and stopped when she crashed into a tree, The suspect claims she does not remember anything. The executive director, North American Punjabi Association expressed grief and condolences for their fallen community members. Reitzell was convicted of drunken driving in November 2012, but was on probation with a valid driver's license.

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Menlo Park Sikh couple mowed down by drunk who also hit car October 24, 2013 Marjorie Reitzell drifted into the bike lane on Chilco Road and struck a Sikh couple from behind, killing them and then crossed the lane divider and struck a car head-on injuring four more teenagers and then crashed into a tree. She was on probation with a valid driver's license.


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    Oct 26, 2013 · A Sikh couple were struck and killed by a car driven by a suspected drunk driver on Thursday night in Menlo Park, California. The suspect Marjorie Reitzell ...
    Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director, North American Punjabi Association expressing grief and condolence on the death of two community members said State Department of Motor Vehicle records shows that Reitzell was convicted of drunken driving in November 2012.
    She was on probation and her driver's license was valid, the DMV said. Chahal added that Singh worked as a senior materials specialist at AngioScore Inc, a medical device company in Fremont, and Kaur worked at a Walgreens,drug retailing chain in the United States.



  • The brother ..says 54-year-old Marjorie Reitzell has struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for a long time 
  • she was in the jail's medical ward...complaining of chest pain.
  • she has a long rap sheet.been arrested dozens of times on misdemeanor drug offenses and driving violations, but only once for a DUI.
  • Marjorie Reitzell has been charged with vehicular manslaughter under the influence of alcohol and felony drunk driving. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says she was heavily intoxicated, almost twice the legal limit. "We have a preliminary alcohol level. We know that it is well over 0.15," he said.
  • Police say Rreitzell's car plowed into the Singhs then jumped the center-divide, clipping another car before crashing into a tree. 
  • she doesn't remember what happened.








  • Arraignment Delayed For Woman Accused In Fatal Menlo Park …

    sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/10/29/arraignment-delayed-for-woman...
    Oct 29, 2013 · Marjorie Reitzell first complained of chest pains on Monday and was not cleared to appear in San Mateo County Superior Court again …









  • Marjorie Reitzell | DUI Blotter

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    Posts about Marjorie Reitzell written by DUI Blotter ... Police in Menlo Park were investigating a double-fatal DUI crash Thursday night that left two people dead and ...









  • Marjorie Reitzell « CBS San Francisco

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    Oct 29, 2013 · News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of SF ... Arraignment Delayed For Woman Accused In Fatal Menlo Park DUI Crash. Marjorie Reitzell first ...









  • Marjorie Reitzell alleged DUI suspect killed Kamal Singh and ...

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    Oct 26, 2013 · Marjorie Reitzell alleged DUI suspect killed Kamal Singh and Balbir Singh while walking their dog. Published by Staff Writer on October 26, 2013









  • Fatal DUI suspect avoids court in couple’s death - - San Mateo ...

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    Marjorie Reitzell, of Redwood City, also faces two felony counts of driving while under the influence causing injury for reportedly striking another vehicle carrying ...









  • DUI driver in court for killing couple - - San Mateo Daily Journal

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    Marjorie Reitzell, of Redwood City, was first due in court Monday afternoon but required medical care after complaining of chest pains.









  • Marjorie Reitzell Arrested for Allegedly Being DUI When She …

    www.fugitive.com/2013/10/25/marjorie-reitzell-arrested-for...
    Oct 25, 2013 · Marjorie Reitzell Arrested for Allegedly Being DUI When She Struck and Killed a Couple Walking Their Dog in Menlo Park. Published by Media Reporte

  • Updated 11:59 am, Friday, October 25, 2013

     Balbir Singh and his wife, Kamal Kaur, were walking east in the bike lane of Chilco Street near Constitution Avenue just before 7 p.m. when they were struck from behind, police said.
    Singh and Kaur died at the scene, and their Chihuahua was injured, police said.
    After hitting the pair, the vehicle continued over the center divide, clipped a car traveling in the other direction and came to rest against a tree, police said. The four people in the second car were unharmed.
    This looks like a deliberate attempt to hurt multiple people - she also hit car in the other direction.

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