U-Haul Carrying Kegs Hits Yale-Harvard Tailgaters and Kills Woman
- Posted on November 19, 2011 at 4:55pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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What was supposed to be a great fall afternoon enjoying one of college football’s oldest rivalries has ended in tragedy. The Yale Daily News reports that shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday, three people tailgating the 128th Harvard-Yale game in New Haven were struck by a U-Haul truck driven by a Yale student, killing one tailgater and injurying the other two:
“The incident took place at 9:49 a.m. One of the victims, a 30-year-old woman from Massachusetts unaffiliated with Harvard or Yale, was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and another, a New Haven woman and student in the School of Management, is in serious but stable condition at Y-NHH, Hartman said. The third victim was taken to St. Raphael’s Hospital and treated for minor injuries.”
The AP reports that the U-Haul truck was carrying beer kegs, and that the victims were struck after the truck suddenly, and unexplainably, accelerated. An onlooker to the crash posted a video on YouTube showing victims awaiting an amblance as police arrived on the scene:
“We’re not getting a pulse,” said someone crouched near one victim. One tailgater who heard the crash behind him turned to see two people lying on the ground, and told AP:
“‘The driver looked shocked. Absolutely shocked,’ Walker said. Police have not said whether alcohol was a factor.
‘He didn’t look intoxicated or anything like that,’ Walker added. ‘He had a dazed look like he had just hit someone.’”
The driver is in police custody and the woman who was killed was pronounced dead at about 10:15 a.m. The Yale Daily News reports that the U-Haul was heading for the site of the Sigma Phi Epsilon tailgate, and crashed into a smaller U-Hail in addition to the three victims. Students at the scene told the Daily News that emergency responders gave one of the victims CPR for 10 minutes.
At the start of halftime, the Yale Bowl stopped for a moment of silence for the victims. The announcer, Mark Ryba, delivered a statement from the University confirming that one victim had died and two were injured in the crash, according to the Daily News.
“The Yale community is deeply saddened by the tragic vehicle accident that occurred at a Yale Bowl parking lot this morning,” the school said in statement.
“Yale extends our sympathies and prayers to the family of the woman who was killed and hopes for the speedy recovery of the two women hurt,” the statement said. “Our thoughts are also with those who witnessed or were affected by this tragic accident.”
As for the game itself, Harvard won 45-7 for its fifth straight victory over Yale. Police gave details of the tragedy to the New Haven Register:
One ‘90 Yale Alum at the scene told the Register that he was furious about regulations on tailgating partying and drinking. “This is the stupidest thing the school could do to turn off alumni,” said Ken T., adding that Yale is dependent on alumni for donations.
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MUDFLAPS
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:43pmman this guy should be a reporter on msnbc. yo main where be da am ba lance. yep this is what todays educational system gives us. just ax me dis….
Report Post »yankeedoodledandy
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:46pmYale is inside the city of New Haven Ct. with different school buildings being interspersed with the city itself. There are many panhandlers and deadbeats and criminals running around with the college students. My son, a Yale scholar masters grad ‘09, had a friend who was robbed at gunpoint right in front of his own apartment in the middle of campus. Yale is a dangerous place. The cameraman was just a local loser I would bet, and not a student. They do like to party up there too.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 11:27pmtoday‘s Hartford Courant has lawyer for the driver reporting that it was the truck’s fault. The kegs of beer had nothing to do with it. A field sobriety test was done but no breathilizer or blood tests. Under Ct law any fatality from a vehichle a blood test to determine the sobriety of drive is demanded, unless you are rich and go to Yale.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:59amThis makes me wonder what kind of condition the truck was in. UHaul isn’t known for its pristine fleet.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:13amIt’s not all that difficult for a driver not familiar with a vehicle to step on both brake and accelerator, especially when wearing boots! I do it all the time, but know which one to favor when it happens! I also leave gobs of room and drive like an old lady when there are pedestrians or kids or pets around! I even swerved the other day to miss a snake on a dirt and gravel road! Pray for the driver, too! He will live with this for the rest of his life!
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:30am“One ‘90 Yale Alum at the scene told the Register that he was furious about regulations on tailgating partying and drinking. “This is the stupidest thing the school could do to turn off alumni,” said Ken T., adding that Yale is dependent on alumni for donations”
^This.
Report Post »Is what’s wrong with our country.
People get killed in a tragic accident, and this douche (the biggest douche in the world, apparently) and he’s worried about Alumni Donations.
Salamander
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:16amMaybe he is pitching for the deceased woman‘s family to declare ’in lieu of flowers, send donations to Yale, so they can have beer vendors for the tailgate parties”! Don’t hold your breath! It is more likely they will have their attorney contact the institution for a little pre-trial discovery!
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:07am@KAdams.. Even MORE stupid is… ” “‘The driver looked shocked. Absolutely shocked,’ Walker said. Police have not said whether alcohol was a factor.
Report Post »‘He didn’t look intoxicated or anything like that,’ Walker added. ‘He had a dazed look like he had just hit someone.’”
DUH !!!! he DID just hit someone. WTF ??
Mac_Wade
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 1:07amI’ve done a lot of crazy things, but I have yet to get run over by a U-Haul full of beer. What a way to go.
Report Post »Accidents are not accidents. Unless it is an act of God, they are occurrences.
Mac_Wade
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:58amWares da ambalnce. Da ambalance’s not here. Look at all da hurt peoples. Da ambalance is still not here.
Where’s dat confounded ambalance.
We’re doomed.
Report Post »Mac
1947
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:14amIt’s the SCHOOLS Problem………
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 12:03amAre you really sorry for being so insensitive? Someone died. Can’t you have a little respect?
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:57pmPrayers for the Victims and their families. May God bless you and give you peace.
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:26pmDude, i thought that was the brake,someone told me that that was a tea party tent.but I’m one of the 99 ers.George Bush made me do it. I did it to pay my tuition,dude.Call my daddy Obummer he said if we help him he will help us.HELP ME DADDY.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 11:59pmDude. Not the time or place for an attempt at humor.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:08am@Mimi24.. According to you …
Report Post »Brevity
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 8:53pmDid anyone do cpr before the ambulance got there? At least chest compressions if they didnt have a pocket mask, ignorant people always point there fingers at emt’s and paramedics as if there God. If people want miracles in situations like this take a class on cpr and become a first responder or be a wallflower blaming others. Not to say she would have lived, but ebonics wasnt helping her.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 9:04pmThey should have run it into the Law School, or the Biology School.
lillykate
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 9:50pmWhat do you mean it should have been run into the biology bldg or the law school???? My daughter is a bio student at Yale and because they are scientists that study very real things like evolution and global warming they should be hurt???? I was scared today as any parent would be about the safety of my daughter. I was saddened by this horribly sad tragedy. Many of you all are so heartless. Most of the kids at Yale are not rich at all. But fortunately many are enlightened and smart and hard working. They see two views. They don’t judge. They want to help the world. Many of you just want to hate the other side and not listen or care about the suffering of others. The country can’t go on this divided. We need to support not hate or be jealous. Just because a kid has worked hard and is in great school does not mean they should be a target for anything but praise!
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 10:05pmSorry about your misfortune.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 10:12pmBut since you want to ramble on about the “good” of Harvard education system, including Biology, what kind of hero’s are the underpinning of that departments philosophy?
Professor George Wald, Nobel Prize winner Biology from Harvard.
“There are only two possibilities as to how life arose; one is spontaneous generation arising to evolution, the other is a supernatural creative act of God, there is no third possibility. Spontaneous generation that life arose from non-living matter was scientifically disproved 120 years ago by Louis Pasteur and others. That leaves us with only one possible conclusion, that life arose as a creative act of God. I will not accept that philosophically because I do not want to believe in God, therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation arising to evolution.”
“Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative belief in special creation, are left with nothing.”
(Dr. George Wald, evolutionist, Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University at Harvard, Nobel Prize winner in Biology.)
Your daughter is willing to trade ethics for lies for the propagation of criminally fallacious education.
demint.disciple
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 8:10am@Brevity.. No, first thing is first they HAVE to film it for youtube, then and only then do you do anything to save the person(s)..
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:42pmYale, so liberal and to the left they allow tailgating partying.. God help the victims.. and their families!!
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:36pmThoughts and prayers to all the families.And to the driver I’m sure this is just as hard on him.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:29pm.
Report Post »Praying for ya’ll…………..
JL320
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:23pmYO YO this is YALE son. We hardcore up here we be dodging kegs all day son. You think you hard try comin to YALE dawg! We dont even get ambulamps when we get hit by trucks YO! Hate posers like that cameraman.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:10pmThe cameraman must be majoring in EBONICS. Please tell me he was just a visitor, and not a college student. This guy is our future.
I’m not making light of this tragic situation, just an observance. God bless the victims.
Report Post »LastingLiberty
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 6:17pmIt’s not an Imbulence, It’s called an Ambulance. I take it he is not majoring in English at Yale…or is he?
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:21amNope! Haaaavaaaad!
Report Post »junior1971
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:45pmThis is a tragedy. Even more so, this college ghetto boy slanging for his bros in the ghetto to see on pootube! Dispicable!
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:20pmSounds like a beer tax is coming so that the government can further regulate beer kegs.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 5:18pmVery tragic. I’m thinking a stuck accelerator? I’ve had to use rental trucks for work often, and quite a bit are in beat-up condition.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on November 19, 2011 at 7:56pmWhy are you so quick to blame the equipment? I‘d bet a dollar to a donut that the driver was a kid who’d never driven anything bigger than his dad’s Lexus SUV before in his life, let alone a box truck loaded with a bunch of beer kegs. A load which could easily shift unexpectedly and cause an inexperienced driver to react adversely, I might add.
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