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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man fatally struck while riding a lawn mower at night in northwest Charlotte, police say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Detectives are investigating after a man was fatally struck while riding a lawn mower at night in northwest Charlotte. Police responded to reports of an accident with injuries near the 5700 block of Freedom Drive, on May 20 around 9 p.m. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive man, 63-year-old Dexter Leon Monk, lying in the middle of the road with life-threatening injuries and a 2001 Chrysler Town & Country with damage to the front of the vehicle. The driver, 58-year-old Kevin David, was stopped in the middle of the roadway. Medic responded and pronounced Monk dead at the scene. Police say David was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured. The initial investigation showed that Monk was riding a lawn mower westbound on Freedom Drive when he was struck from behind by a vehicle. David was screened for impairment and was found to be not impaired. Neither speed nor impairment are suspected factors in the crash for David. However, police believe Monk may have been impaired. Toxicology results for pending. This case remains active and 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
This Hellcat Minivan Isn't Quite What It Seems
Read the full story on Backfire News For years people have been joking about Dodge making a Hellcat minivan, something which will likely never be a production reality. But some guys with a shop decided to take on such a feat by themselves. The thing is how they went about it is so different from what an automaker and even a lot of builders would do, we doubt most people just looking at the thing would even suspect what it really all, watching a minivan roast its rear tires while hearing a Hemi V8 roar and the huge supercharger whine is a boatload of fun. We've seen people modify Chrysler minivans before and literally burn rubber, but this one seems so much more appropriate. Maybe that's the purist in us talking because a Mopar minivan should have a Mopar powertrain. But there's so much more going on with this build than just a powertrain swap. And we're not talking about how they had to also transplant the dash from the Hellcat to get everything to work. These guys from the YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds cut the body of a Dodge Charger Hellcat, keeping the chassis, powertrain, and interior intact. Then they did the same thing with a Chrysler Town & Country, attaching the minivan body to the Hellcat chassis. We've seen this sort of thing done before, including a minivan body grafted onto a Tesla Model S Plaid chassis. But this isn't what most people would expect to have going on under the skin when they first see a Hellcat minivan. While it absolutely works and the thing looks spectacular once they wrap it in Plum Crazy, it would be cool to see how someone would shoehorn a Hellcat's powertrain into a Chrysler Town & Country or maybe a Pacifica. Check out the second video to see these guys putting some of the finishing touches on their build before hauling it to a shop for a full roll cage to be installed. We can't wait to see this thing on a track! Image via Rich Rebuilds/YouTube
