2023-06-19 08:55:59
Five young Minnesota women returning from the mall for some finishing touches for a cousin’s wedding the next day were struck to death Friday by a driver traveling more than 60 km/h over the limit.
“They were just getting ready for their loved one’s wedding,” Khalid Omar, of the Islamic Center Dar Al-Farooq, which the victims attended, told the Star Tribune on Saturday. They were pearls of our community. They leave a big void. All five had bright futures ahead of them.”
On Friday, the five young women aged 17 to 20 had traveled together to a Minnesota mall to apply henna dye, in preparation for the wedding of the cousin of three of them the next day.
Except that during the return to the house, the vehicle in which they took place would have been caught at nearly 65 km/h above the limit of approximately 85 km/h, following the driver of the other car had ran a red light while trying to flee the police who were already following him for speeding.
The five victims, Sabiriin Ali, 17, Sahra Gesaade, 20, Salma Abdikadir, 20, Sagal Hersi, 19 and Siham Adam, 19, died instantly following being thrown regarding 15 meters , according to the American newspaper.
For his part, the 27-year-old driver, Derrick John Thompson, allegedly tried to flee on foot before being arrested and taken to the station to carry out alcohol and drug tests.
The man, believed to be the son of former U.S. State Rep. John Thompson, was arrested multiple times for driving with a revoked or suspended license, and had just gotten his license back in March, according to the ‘ ‘Star Tribune’.
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