Gerald White, 38, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 8 to 25 years in prison, for killing two people at the violent H2oi car rally in 2022, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland announced.
White has a long history of traffic violations in New Jersey, dating back to 2005. After other repeated offenses, he was charged with having a suspended driver’s license during traffic stops in 2011, 2013, and 2020.
Wildwood police officers responded to a report of pedestrians hit at the intersection of Burk and Atlantic avenues at around 9:36 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. White tried to get away from the crash scene but officers quickly arrested him.
Investigators said White was taking part in the unsanctioned H2Oi car rally. He drove his 2003 Infinity into a 2014 Honda Civic before hitting two pedestrians.
One pedestrian, 18-year-old Lindsay Weakland of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Civic, 34-year-old Timothy Ogden of Clayton, died at an Atlantic City hospital.