Hyundai & Kia cars are being stolen by young people in Coatesville. “TikTok videos showing how to steal cars without push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices has led to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities..."

Teens stealing vehicles can sometimes end in death.

 “Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp. agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers’ vehicles, lawyers for the owners and the automakers said on Thursday.

In February, the Korean automakers said they would offer software upgrades to 8.3 million U.S. vehicles without anti-theft immobilizers to help curb increasing car thefts using a method popularized on TikTok and other social media channels.

The settlement covers about 9 million U.S. owners and includes up to $145 million for out-of-pocket losses for consumers who had cars stolen, lawyers for the owners said.

Hyundai and Kia said they will compensate owners “who incurred theft-related vehicle losses or damage in addition to reimbursement for insurance deductibles, increased insurance premiums, and other theft related losses...

TikTok videos showing how to steal cars without push-button ignitions and immobilizing anti-theft devices has led to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities in the United States, regulators said in February."

Hyundai, Kia agree to $200 million settlement with customers over car thefts

The settlement covers about 9 million U.S. owners and includes up to $145 million for out-of-pocket losses for consumers who had cars stolen.

May 19, 2023, 11:13 AM EDT

By Reuters

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Coatesville Dems Blog

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Our community has been tested by violence. We responded with grace

Three Days of Violence: Baton Rouge, St. Paul, and Dallas

At Monday's Coatesville City Council meeting a man asked if Coatesville has a contingency plan if something happens in Coatesville.

Do you remember this:

Kid, 13, Dies in Crash After Police Pursuit Over Stolen SUV 

THURSDAY MAY 6, 2010 

Police began following the truck after seeing its headlights were off 

 13-year-old Rasheem Butcher was killed after the stolen SUV he was driving rolled over, pinning him late Wednesday, police say. 

 By Vince Lattanzio

There was a near riot in Coatesville. More than 50 police officers, including PA State Troopers came to Coatesville, PA. 

It didn’t help that Fox News put a frantic women on TV video who claimed the police deliberately overturned the SUV on Rasheem Butcher. 

Friday, May 7, 2010

Ten minutes

That's how long it took for several of Coatesville's community leaders to get to the crash scene on Wednesday night. They stayed past midnight. Cool heads prevailed.

Thanks 

Posted by James Pitcherella at 7:25 PM 

I recorded this at the Community Information Meeting on Saturday May 8, 2010 at the Second Baptist Church in Coatesville. The occasion was an open discussion between the City of Coatesville community, law enforcement officers, community leaders and church leaders concerning the accidental death of a 13 year old Coatesville youth driving a stolen vehicle and pursued by Coatesville Police the previous Wednesday.

It contains his speech on made at the dedication ceremony of Zachariah Walker Memorial in 2006 on prejudice. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 

Joseph Carroll-"I firmly believe that men of good will speak every language, belong to all races and worship all Gods. We need to replace fear of one another with trust. Hate with understanding. And I believe that the need that precedes that understanding is planted in our souls."

Pastor, Harris, “Well, I’ll answer, I’ll try to answer. I’ll try to answer your question. There are some of us who are out on the streets. There are some of us who are involved in the community. There are some of us who are really concerned about the welfare of our community and our children.

One of the things that I do find out is that I have to throw some things back on you. You ask to us where we are. Where were you? You send your children to us for maybe two, three hours a day. We only have the time to mentor them while we are in the confines of this district. We try to teach them morally. We try to reach them spiritually. We even teach them on a level of being brothers and sisters. 

We know we can’t reach everybody. But the ones that we can reach we do. Some of us are in the trenches trying to save our children, your children. And when they hurt we hurt. Some of you don’t know that up on Coates Street; I have many children that come to me for community service. And I teach every last one of them, whether they’re black children or white children. I tell them it takes 10 seconds to make a better choice. But I can’t be mom and dad to them 24 hours a day. That’s not my job. That’s our job. That’s your job. They’re your children too. So we can’t start blaming the church for everything that goes on in the community.

A jeep was stolen. Two teens were in it. It became airborne after hitting a  bump on the East End Bridge in Coatesville. It went over the guardrail and into the ditch below. I can't find that one.