Pittsburgh man arrested in New Jersey car rally deaths

WILDWOOD, N.J. — A Pittsburgh man has been charged with killing two people and injuring a third during a pop-up car rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, over the weekend.

Gerald White, 37, was arrested in connection with a Saturday night crash in which his 2003 Infiniti was at a “standing stop” before it took off and hit at least one vehicle and pedestrians, NBC 10 in Philadelphia reported.

The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. White first struck a 2014 Honda Civic then two pedestrians. White allegedly tried to leave the scene but was quickly caught and arrested, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said.

One of the pedestrians, 18-year-old Lindsay Weakland of Carlisle, died at the scene, the prosecutor’s office stated. Timothy Ogden, 34, of New Jersey, was transported to a hospital but died a short time later.

White is facing a slew of charges, including two counts of death by automobile.

Officials had issued warnings earlier about what they called an unsanctioned car rally separate from the Fall Classic Car Show taking place in the city. The prosecutor’s office said the crash occurred during an unsanctioned car rally self-identified as “H2Oi or H2O22, directing hundreds if not thousands of people driving high performance vehicles to an area without any planning, staging or permitting, created the chaos that led to these deaths and injuries.”

The investigation is ongoing.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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