Trial to open for men accused of drag racing prior to fatal crash
May 18th, 2007
Written by GussCourtney Beard and Cortney Hensley were driving home after picking up their homecoming pictures when they stopped at a red light on Sept. 24, 2005.
Hensley, 17, had been crowned Homecoming Queen at David Crockett High School and she and Beard, her best friend, also 17, were anxious to look at the pictures taken the night before.
But before the light turned green, a red Ford Mustang came racing through the intersection and slammed into Beard’s Honda CRV at a speed estimated at 125 mph.
The crash sent the Honda some 250 feet, causing it to burst into flames. Hensley was killed, and Beard suffered burns over 30 percent of her body. She spent the next month and a half in a hospital bed.
Prosecutors say the Mustang’s driver, Bradley Mullins, was drag racing.
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