Glover and his friend decided to check the cars out and stayed past the end of the event at 9 p.m., when Harris County prosecutors say the meet turned into a dangerous street racing display, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Video of the incident showed the yellow Camaro strike the Malibu at a high speed. One onlooker told KHOU 11 the driver of the Camaro had bragged earlier about doing a high speed flyby.
The driver of the Camaro, identified as 22-year-old Andrew Mock, has been charged with two counts of manslaughter and aggravated assault.
The occupants of the Malibu that was struck suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
N.J. man killed after being hit by vehicle at underground street-racing meet in Texas, authorities say
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
A 35-year-old New Jersey man was one of two people killed in Houston when a speeding vehicle illegally street racing struck another car and sent it careening into a crowd on Sunday night, authorities said.
Roger Glover was hit by a parked Chevrolet Malibu that was pushed into a group of spectators after it was slammed by a Chevrolet Camaro traveling more than 100 mph, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Glover, of Maple Shade, was pronounced dead at the scene. One of the other people hit a teenage boy was brought to a local hospital and later pronounced dead while a second teenage boy was critically injured, Gonzalez said.