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Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run Was Drunk, Drugged Out
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 3, 2009
Modified Feb 3, 2009
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Some more details about Kenneth Guyear, the man charged with fatally striking two pedestrians with a stolen car on Sunday. Guyear said in his videotape confession, "I had five or six drinks and took two Xanax pills. I stole the car that was parked on the street. I drove the car and saw the pedestrian but I didn't think I hit anybody. I kept driving and then stopped the car and looked for blood on the car. I kept driving and the police stopped me." The Daily News reports that he allegedly said to a black police officer, "I will have your job,. For a black cop, you just follow what the white guy tells you to do." Guyear, who was held without bail, has a previous arrest for, per the Post, "unauthorized use of a car while drunk." Brendan Ogle, whose 16-year-old son was killed, said, "I hope there's enough public outcry to put this guy and guys like him behind bars."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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