A rising star boxer was killed after she was struck by an alleged road rage driver who deliberately reversed into her as she rode her bike along a Texas highway, police said.

cross-posted from: https://hilariouschaos.com/post/12281799

A rising star boxer was killed after she was struck by an alleged road rage driver who deliberately reversed into her as she rode her bike along a Texas highway, police said.

Hannah Rapp, 26, who challenged for the WBC women’s featherweight championship last month, died Saturday morning after being struck by a car, according to a

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Rapp’s boyfriend said Medina accelerated backward before striking Rapp, causing her to hit her head on the rear window.

Medina, of Navasota, has a lengthy rap sheet and has been booked into the Brazos County Jail 13 times since 2012, according to online jail records obtained by KBTX.

Those include criminal mischief, theft, resisting arrest, assault, hit and run, escape from custody, deadly conduct, possession of a controlled substance, and multiple driving offenses.

  • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Happy to see that the article isn’t mincing words calling this a “crash” or an “accident” and Texas has him booked for manslaughter. Hopefully when it comes time to take him to court they can up that to murder (and, realistically, plea bargain him back down to manslaughter).

    I do wonder if the subjects were reversed - if it were a Latino run over by a white woman - if Texas would take this as seriously.

    hit and run

    […]

    and multiple driving offenses

    People like that should not be driving. I realize that in Texas it’s cruel to take somebody’s license because that’s basically crippling them. That’s one of the many costs of car-centric planning: Since everyone must drive, it becomes unthinkable to take that away from someone.