Menlo Park Sikh couple mowed down by drunk who also hit car
Asian Victim | Terroristic Incidents | vehicle attackOctober 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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- 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.
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Updated 11:59 am, Friday, October 25, 2013
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Menlo-Park-couple-killed-by-alleged-drunken-driver-4925770.php
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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