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Lindsay Weakland

Age : 18

Gender : Female

Race : White

Date : 09/24/2022

Location : Burk Avenue and Atlantic Avenue

City : Wildwood

County : Cape May

State : New Jersey

Agency : Wildwood Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Pedestrian bystander killed by fleeing driver

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Fleeing an earlier crash.
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NARRATIVE:
On 09/24/2022, 18-year-old Lindsay Weakland of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was killed when a vehicle driven at high speed by Gerald J. White struck her at Burk Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Wildwood during the unsanctioned H2Oi car rally.
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White was fleeing an earlier motor-vehicle crash when his 2003 Infiniti collided with a 2014 Honda Civic and then struck pedestrians at approximately 9:36 p.m. Weakland was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Thirty-four-year-old Timothy Ogden, a passenger in the Honda, was critically injured and later died at Atlantic City Medical Center. The crash occurred amid the large H2Oi gathering, where police had been deployed throughout Wildwood in response to dangerous driving, street racing and numerous crashes.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/wildwood-new-jersey-car-crashes-george-redding-bridge-traffic-people-injured/
https://www.inquirer.com/news/wildwood-tragedy-drag-racing-cars-death-20220925.html
https://6abc.com/wildwood-nj-fatal-crash-atlantic-avenue-police/12262746/
https://nj.gov/njsp/information/pdf/fcr/FAR_2022_final.pdf