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It's not the journey

2006-06-05 16:18:20.648+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Darwin claims another one: Corvette slams into mausoleum:

After the black convertible followed a second sports car into the spacious Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on Mission Boulevard, police said, the car skidded out of control and crashed into a mausoleum at 9:17 a.m., opening a pair of crypts as mourners at a nearby burial ceremony looked on in horror.

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#Comment Re: made: 2006-06-06 05:13:09.938545+00 by: Diane Reese

There may be more to this story than we heard at first.

Apparently the victim was "delivering flowers to his mother's gravesite" at the cemetery and was cut off by the Mercedes shortly before entering. Police are looking for the driver of the Mercedes to "talk" to him.

#Comment Re: made: 2006-06-06 14:56:54.771045+00 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, I saw the

"We don't know if they were racing each other or if it was a road rage thing," Hayward police Lt. Gary Branson said Monday.

But all the reports still have the guy in the 'vette following the Mercedes.