(DON)
WE'RE ON TOP OF BREAKING
NEWS THIS MIDDAY.
VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE
HAVE CONFIRMED THE PERSON
WHO WAS KILLED AFTER
BEING HIT
BY A CAR LAST NIGHT WAS
BOXING LEGEND PERNELL
"SWEET PEA" WHITAKER.
HELLO, I'M DON ROBERTS.
(LEX)
AND I'M LEX GRAY.
THE 55-YEAR-OLD FORMER
BOXER IS ORIGINALLY FROM
NORFOLK. HE WAS HIT ON
NORTHAMPTON BOULEVARD
NEAR BAKER ROAD.
THAT'S NOT FAR FROM THE
NORFOLK OUTLETS.
(DON)
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ANDY
FOX IS LIVE NOW WITH THE
LATEST.
ANDY WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US?
(ANDY
PERNELL "SWEET PEA"
WHITAKER WAS KNOWN AS THE
BEST POUND FOR POUND
BOXER FOR
MANY YEARS.
LAST NIGHT AT 10:04
WHITAKER WAS STRUCK BY A
CAR AT THE INTERSECTION
OF
NORTHAMPTON BLVD AND
BAKER ROAD. IT'S
BELIEVED HE WAS CROSSING
THE ROAD
FROM ONE SIDE OF
NORTHAMPTON TO THE OTHER.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED ON
SCENE
THEY FOUND WHITAKER IN
THE ROADWAY AND HE DIED
AT THE SCENE. POLICE TELL
US THE
DRIVER REMAINED ON SCENE
UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. NO
CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED
IN THE
CASE, BUT IT DOES REMAIN
UNDER INVESTIGATION."
MOMENTS AGO WE
SPOKE WITH BART FRYE WHO
WAS A LONG TIME FRIEND
AND MENTOR TO SWEET PEA.
KNOCKOUT,
FOUR LOSSES AND ONE
CONTROVERSIAL DRAW.
"LOSS I FELT WAS
SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE AS A
GOOD FRIEND I
MEAN A REALLY GOOD FRIEND
PULELD HIMSELF UP BY HIS
BOOTSTRAPS. HE CAME FROM
PUBLIC HOUSING AND WON
HIS FIRST TITLE AT SCOPE
200 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE
HE GREW UP. IN THOSE
KINDS OF TIMES.
(ANDY)
MANY ARE EXPRESSING
SADNESS AND CONDOLENCES,
WE CONTINUE TO WORK
THIS STORY AND WILL HAVE
MORE AT 12:30.
(LEX)
