Gene Hambrecht died in 2020 after the truck he was driving got in the path of two cars illegally racing in Santa Ana, California.
His wife, Pat Buchanan, told a throng of reporters April 29 that the last time she saw her husband alive was as she was heading out from their home to pick up groceries and told him: “I love you. I’ll be right back.”
The driver of the car that collided with her husband in the fiery crash that took his life, is now charged with murder.
A photo of newspaper editor Gene Harbrecht who was killed by street racers sits on display as his wife Patt Harbrecht speaks in Santa Ana, Calif., on April 29, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Street racing, where drivers drive at high speeds on public roadways racing one another or driving alone, recklessly at high speed—often doing “donuts” spinning in circles—has exploded in popularity since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an all too often occurrence of innocent bystanders and street racers dying as a result.
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