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Hit and Run Kills Mother
(WSB Radio) Police in Gwinnett County have arrested and charged a man in a deadly hit and run.
Sabrina Stanek, 25, was dragged 40 feet after trying to get Constantine Toncz, 39, to slow down in her Belmont Lane neighborhood when he struck her with his truck and pinned her between his truck and a parked vehicle.
Stanek's neighbor, Ashely Hawk said when Toncz finally stopped his Ford F-350 he yelled a few expletives and wondered if he had hit a trash can. Toncz then fled in his truck only to return later.
"She gave everything to everyone before anyone else," Hawks told Channel 2 Action News. "She was the best friend; she was the best daughter, the best mother in world and loved her kids more than anything.
Stanek, mother of a four and a five year-old, was found lying in the road when officers arrived on the scene.
Toncz was charged with DUI, felony leaving the scene and vehicular homicide.
What others are saying
- people speed all timepeople speed through our neighborhood all the time. we have little childrennext door and live on a main road. its really dangerous, and my parents often used to yell for people to slow down. by that man killing that mother, and leaving her i wish he would be excuted. the family should have justice for it.
- i went to high school with her. this guys needs to be executed.
- She did not take the law into her own hands, and she did not run into the street! She was standing NEXT to the street. There are almost zero instances of police showing up, let along ON TIME to arrest someone for speeding through a neighborhood, and how was she supposed to know he was drunk? I do not believe he should be hanged. He needs to sit in jail and think about what he has done. He needs to see my godchildren as they grow up without their mother. He needs to see and feel the pain he has caused all of her friends and family. I am willing to pay my taxes to make sure this man stays alive. Why give him an easy out?
- Law in your handsMost people shouldn't take the
law in their hands unless its
in their face. Its sad, but its
not the first time and won't be
the last. She tried to slow it
down in her sub., he was a no
care. Call the cops. They have
the experience. Gwinnett is
great... Is Mr. Toncz a legal
resident... - ?"...it was 9:30 at night"
"I mean... I have a hard enough time driving drunk during the DAY. How in the heck am I supposed to see the road AND people AND other parked cars AND drive my truck fast to my ex's house, at NIGHT."
I guess it's always someone else's fault. - Hit and Run....you have got to be joking.The police wont be there in time to arrest drunks. Neighborhoods should be safe no matter what time it is. If anything, someone should have spike strips available to blow out the tires.
This driver should be charged with Felony Murder, not Vehicular Homicide. It is time that people should be held accountable for their actions, and being a drunk is not an excuse. - hit and runHe did not get in his truck and leave..he ran down the street to his x wife house 5 houses down...Dont run in the road when someone is out of control!!!!call the police and let them deal with it...it was 9:30 at night
- MotherHang 'em.....now!
Don't need to waste taxpayer money on this one. - Hit & RunLock this idiot up & throw away the key. Anyone that leaves the scene of an accident especially when someone is killed should never have a license or be able to walk around as a free citizen again.
- Gwinnet Is Great. Success Lives Here.Every neighborhood has one of these morons. This county has more than a few. They will keep driving around, and good people like Sabrina will be gone.
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