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Fatal hit-and-run creates political firestorm in Blaine

Danilo Aguilar died as he checked the mail outside his Blaine home. An alleged drunken driver careened down 119th Avenue at more than 60 miles per hour and slammed into a parked car, flinging ­Aguilar into the air.

The fatal hit-and-run on the evening of May 5 — the only suspected case of homicide in the city so far this year — has ignited a political firestorm in the north metro suburb: What to do about speeders cutting through residential neighborhoods.

While some residents point a finger at the City Council for years of fast-moving traffic and a host of high-speed crashes, others say that drivers are squarely to blame — including the one involved in ­Aguilar’s death.

http://www.startribune.com/vehicular-homicide-in-blaine-creates-political-storm/385393421/

 

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