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Frankie Mayhead was watching a movie in his Maryland Avenue home early Friday morning when the real drama was happening outside his window.
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In fact, the 54-year-old construction professional, President of Velvet Frankie Collaborative Studios and self-described “social agitator” had a front-row seat to a hit and run in the 600 block of Maryland at around 3:30 a.m., when a speeding black Charger pushed a parked car an estimated 30 feet, severely damaging both vehicles before continuing south on Maryland.
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“I saw the car coming off of Wellington turning south on Maryland, drifting and it lost control and that’s when it hit the car,” said Mayhead, who lives about a half block down the street from the site of the hit and run.
“I was watching a movie in my living room and (through) the window closest to me I happened to hear the noise about eight seconds or so before I seen the car coming around the corner. I peeked out and there it was.”
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Fortunately, he wasn’t watching Gone in 60 Seconds or one of the Fast and Furious movies.
“When I exited the door of my apartment block, I actually saw the car just approaching the Sargent intersection and it blew (through) a red light.”
Even though both vehicles suffered extensive damage, it’s something of a minor miracle that no one was seriously injured although it’s not clear if anyone in the Charger was injured.
“(With) All of the fluids that were on the ground, it didn’t get far,” said Mayhead. “That’s what I’m thinking.”
A Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service engine was on site about 15 minutes later, Mayhead said, followed by a tow truck to haul away the damaged parked car.
Within minutes of the crash, Mayhead said he called Winnipeg Police to report it. He even got the license plate of the speeding Charger, literally. The force of the impact ripped it off the front bumper along with the rear bumper of the parked car. Mayhead said he plans to hold onto it as a keepsake unless the driver wants to get it back.
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“I’m always open (to give it back),” he said, joking. “It could be a lost and found situation so if he’s more than willing to come and pick it up I’ll definitely give it to him.”
A Winnipeg Police spokesperson confirmed the hit and run but had not much to add. “Unfortunately, hit and runs involving motor vehicles occur much too frequently,” Const. Claude Chancy said in an email.
Without a suspect, hit and run incidents can only be reported online, he added. If the incident involves a pedestrian, cyclist, physical injury, or known suspect, it must be reported in person or by telephone. A ‘known suspect’ means that can be positively identified as the driver. A license plate, description of a person, or video surveillance footage does not qualify as a ‘Known Suspect’.
“I’ve seen this stuff on TV, but to witness it 1st hand is a Social Agitators dream,” said Mayhead in an email to Winnipeg Sun.
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