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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Terrible parker in Richmond Hill viral video charged


Source: Toronto Sun

ONTARIO -
Just a few hours after a YouTube video went viral of a BMW SUV driving up and over two parked cars, a Richmond Hill woman has been charged.

York Regional Police charged Tripta Kaushal, 62, on Wednesday with failing to remain at the scene of a collision. She is to appear in court Dec. 1.

The video has been picked up on websites around the world and been declared one of the world's worst parking jobs.

The driver of the BMW SUV X5 in the Extreme Fitness lot pulled into a space and kept going, up and over two parked cars. One of them belongs to Todd Jamison, systems administrator at the gym, whose voice shook Wednesday when he described how his car was destroyed. The other reportedly was a rental car.

"It sort of sucks," he said. The rogue vehicle backed off Jamison's 2004 Hyundai Elantra and another car, then stopped, paused, backed out of the space and drove slowly out of the lot.

York Regional Police had been looking for the hit-and-run driver since the demolition derby Oct. 22.

The damage to Jamison's car was "quite extensive," said York Const. Marina Orlovski and the SUV probably damaged its undercarriage.

Jamison and police had few leads. The surveillance camera at the lot on Yonge Street in Thornhill failed to pick up the licence plate or clearly show the driver or passengers. But Jamison recognized the truck, said Orlovski.

"You certainly don't see that everyday."

5 comments:

Paul - Driver Education Counsellor (and Moderator too) said...

So what did she do? Just go home and come back and exercise at the same gym the next day?

Anonymous said...

Haha wow, there is a saying: Not the brightest crayon in the box, not the sharpest tool in the box, etc. Well this woman, she wasn't even in the f*cking box!!!

Peter (Associate Editor) said...

Number one, if I was the BMW corp, I would want to use that video to sell my cars as durable.

Number two, congratulations Tripta Kaushal, on your new career as a monster truck driver.

Anonymous said...

Proof that egocentrism and irresponsibility spans all ages. I sincerely hope she loses her license, as she clearly doesn't deserve to have one. I am waiting to find out whether this a one off vs. whether she has done stuff like this before.

Saskplanner said...

I can SEE maybe hitting the bumper of another car or scraping its side while trying to park, BUT driving OVER them means being a MORON of the highest order. THEN, to go back the next day? She should seriously be sent for psychiatric assessment.

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