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Philip McCarthy (18) was killed when a friend ran him over
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Auto-Pedestrian Accident
Published: Jun 12, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
Philip McCarthy (18)
Date:
May 01, 2006
Cause of Death:
Auto-Pedestrian Accident
Location:
Sacramento, California
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Three days after his senior prom, a 17-year-old boy waited in Sacramento County juvenile Hall on Tuesday to learn the legal consequences of a mistake that left a friend dead.
Philip James McCarthy, 18, died after being hit by a Pontiac Grand Am and thrown against the garage of his Cabrillo Way home Monday afternoon.
The two friends were close, family members said, and were headed to an afternoon Regional Occupational Program construction class.
Details of the accident still were being investigated Tuesday, but detectives believe unsafe speed may have been the cause, Sacramento Police Sgt. Terrell Marshall said.
"His speed was such that he could not stop in time to react to his friend being there," Marshall said of the young driver.
He was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter hours after McCarthy died. It is unknown if horseplay was involved or if the driver hit the gas pedal instead of the brake, Marshall said. But he added that there appeared to be no animosity between the two.
The driver's name is not being released by police because of his age.
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