Please, kids, PLEASE, do NOT DRINK and DRIVE!!!!
"Ride from stadium takes deadly turn; 2 killed, 1 injured after car hits tree in Wrentham" by Jonnelle Marte, Globe Correspondent | July 28, 2008
WRENTHAM - The three friends were on their way home from the New England Country Music Festival at Gillette Stadium when at about 7 p.m. their car veered off Route 1 south near Myrtle Street and hit the tree, according to State Police and the victims' family members.
Alexa Latteo, the 19-year-old driver, and Debra Alexa Davis, 20, the front-seat passenger, were declared dead at the scene. Nina Houlihan, 20, who was in the back seat, was airlifted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where she was recovering yesterday, said her father, John Houlihan.
State Police are investigating whether speed, drugs, or alcohol played a role in the crash. The women were returning home after spending hours with other friends outside the stadium, because they didn't get tickets to the show, said MaryAnn Davis.
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Readers, who goes to a show without tickets, and why?
Could these young ladies have afforded scalper prices?
You may not want to know the answer.
"Nonticket holders blamed for ruckus at music festival; 76 held, some for underage drinking" by John C. Drake, Globe Staff | July 28, 2008
It's billed as the largest concert series in New England, and police say the fifth annual New England Country Music Festival at Foxborough's Gillette Stadium was also a draw for underage drinking and booze-fueled brawls Saturday, with much of the pandemonium unleashed by party seekers who did not have tickets to the concert.
Oh, no!!!!!
State Police detained 76 people - some facing minor-in-possession charges - in parking lots at and around Gillette Stadium during a daylong series of concerts by some of country music's biggest stars, including headliner Kenny Chesney, Hall of Famer Sammy Hager, and Grammy winners Keith Urban and LeAnn Rimes.
Sammy Hagar is country now?
More than 50,000 people - a sellout crowd - filled the stands at the home of the New England Patriots, but many more staked out tailgating spots in surrounding parking lots.
A 19-year-old woman and her 20-year-old friend died and a third friend, age 20, was seriously injured when their car crashed into a tree on Route 1 south in Wrentham about 7 p.m. yesterday. The women had come from the stadium, but they did not have tickets to the concert, a relative of one of the victims said.
About an hour later, Edward Guerrini, 67, of Foxborough, was arrested and charged with operating under the influence, impeded operation, and marked-lanes violation when he drove into cones marking the scene of the earlier fatal crash. He was released on $40 bail, according to State Police.
Good Christ!!! And he was let go on $40?
Three fans who attended the concert said they noticed plenty of tailgaters in the parking lots and a heavy police presence inside the stadium. But they described the scene among the ticketed concertgoers inside as tame for an outdoor concert.
That's always the way it is.
They suggested that the scene inside the arena was calmer than that reported by police outside.
"I've been to other concerts, and it's one of the concerts that is the least rowdy," said 27-year-old Bonnie Santos of Georgetown.
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What a tragedy, to have those young lives taken out of this world.
Please, please, take it from one who knows (and got lucky): DO NOT DRINK and DRIVE!!!!
It is probably the WORST DECISION you could EVER MAKE!!!!
