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Driver Says Mob Attacked Her Car After Parade
Couple Was Headed To Hospital
POSTED: 9:30 pm CST March 17, 2006
UPDATED: 10:24 pm CST March 17, 2006
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An out-of-town couple visiting a sick child encountered an unruly mob following the St. Patrick's Day parade.
KMBC's Chris Nagus reported that two cars with two different couples were on the way to Children's Mercy Hospital when another car cut between them.
One of the drivers asked the cutting driver not to block them. Then, things got out of control when a mob came out of nowhere, Nagus reported.
"Just a whole bunch of people rushed the car. I was
thinking 20 girls; my husband said more like 30," said Michelle Essig, who was driving to the hospital when the people sto
rmed her car. "They opened up my car door and started punching my friend, who just had a C-section three weeks ago."
Essig said she attempted to escape the mob.
"They shook the car, they were jumping on the windows. There was a guy on the roof of my car," Essig said. "They tried to pull me out of the vehicle, that's when I gassed it and floored it. They continued to assault my vehicle."
She said the incident was unprovoked, but she has one theory about why it happened.
"I took great offense to the stuff they were yelling. It seemed to be a racially-motivated thing," Essig said.
"'You white b's, you racist b's.' I don't remember everything -- I was caught up in the moment," said Sharon Roffitt, who was in the car when it was attacked. "My
window was down. They were swinging at me and hit me."
Whatever the motivation was, witnesses said the attack escalated fast.
"They were shaking this car. It's hard to shake, but the group could have rolled it over," witness Russe
ll Anderson said.
Essig called 911 after the attack, but she could not give a good description of any particular person in the crowd who rushed her car -- only that many of them were wearing green.
Anyone with information in the case can call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
Driver Says Mob Attacked Her Car After Parade
Couple Was Headed To Hospital
POSTED: 9:30 pm CST March 17, 2006
UPDATED: 10:24 pm CST March 17, 2006
Email This Story | Print This Story
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An out-of-town couple visiting a sick child encountered an unruly mob following the St. Patrick's Day parade.
KMBC's Chris Nagus reported that two cars with two different couples were on the way to Children's Mercy Hospital when another car cut between them.
One of the drivers asked the cutting driver not to block them. Then, things got out of control when a mob came out of nowhere, Nagus reported.
"Just a whole bunch of people rushed the car. I was
thinking 20 girls; my husband said more like 30," said Michelle Essig, who was driving to the hospital when the people sto
rmed her car. "They opened up my car door and started punching my friend, who just had a C-section three weeks ago."
Essig said she attempted to escape the mob.
"They shook the car, they were jumping on the windows. There was a guy on the roof of my car," Essig said. "They tried to pull me out of the vehicle, that's when I gassed it and floored it. They continued to assault my vehicle."
She said the incident was unprovoked, but she has one theory about why it happened.
"I took great offense to the stuff they were yelling. It seemed to be a racially-motivated thing," Essig said.
"'You white b's, you racist b's.' I don't remember everything -- I was caught up in the moment," said Sharon Roffitt, who was in the car when it was attacked. "My
window was down. They were swinging at me and hit me."
Whatever the motivation was, witnesses said the attack escalated fast.
"They were shaking this car. It's hard to shake, but the group could have rolled it over," witness Russe
ll Anderson said.
Essig called 911 after the attack, but she could not give a good description of any particular person in the crowd who rushed her car -- only that many of them were wearing green.
Anyone with information in the case can call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
