Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Guess she showed him.
"This is how you drive crazy," Victoria A. Zell allegedly told the two passengers in her sport-utility vehicle July 20 as she sped away from a SuperAmerica store in south Minneapolis. Minutes later, after speeding through a stop sign on 17th Av. S., Zell's vehicle crashed into a pickup truck at E. 46th St., according to criminal charges filed this week. Joshua Schmidt, 30, of Stillwater, who had been in the back seat of Zell's vehicle, was killed. Amity Dimock, 31, of Minneapolis, who was in the front seat, was permanently paralyzed. Zell stumbled away from the accident clutching her broken shoulder, witnesses said. She was later found lying in a patch of tall grass a few blocks away.
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According to the court documents, Zell, Schmidt and Dimock left a bar together on July 20. Schmidt was driving, and he and Zell argued "about who could drive the craziest," the complaint said. They stopped at a SuperAmerica store at Cedar Av. S. and Minnehaha Pkwy., and Zell slid behind the wheel when Schmidt went in to buy ice cream. As they left, Zell accelerated and drove over the curb and boulevard, the complaint said. "This is how you drive crazy," she allegedly said. Police found Zell's vehicle rolled over onto the driver's side with Schmidt and Dimock trapped inside. The pickup driver was not injured.
(via The Obscure Store)
Update: She's a former Powerball winner, too.
TrackBackIt's things like this that tickle at restoring my Faith.
Posted by: LSU Student at August 30, 2004 03:08 AMNow that's almost as good as the piece on WRAL late news last night about the drunk driver who got into an accident and beheaded his passenger - then proceeded to drive AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT with a beheaded passenger. The head was left at the scene of the accident. Of course, I can find no link online to the story. Sorry.
Posted by: KJ at August 31, 2004 02:18 PMAnyone ever ask Waura whether she had a similar argument before she ran over her boyfriend back in Midland?
Posted by: at September 3, 2004 02:25 AMJosh Schmidt was a friend of mine, mostly in high school. We'd lost touch over the last several years. It seems he chose a self-destructive path (one that a few of our friends also followed, unfortunately).
Today Ms. Zell was convicted (and boy, does she ever look like a real peach). But not before lying and trying to blame the accident on Josh...claiming he'd actually been the driver.
Posted by: Sharyn at March 14, 2005 10:34 PMJosh was also a friend of mine. I agree he chose a self-destructive life, but I wish I had spent more time understanding why. He was still a great guy, always with a smile.
I hope his family has closure from Zell's conviction.