Monday, February 10, 2014

Wrong Way! [NSFW]

Deadly consequences for lives lost to reckless driving under the influence of alcohol.

In California and of course Florida, two incident where drivers had an opportunity to think before they drive turned out to be deadly.

In Pomona, California, a wrong way driver ended up killing six when her poor decision to drink and drive caused a terrible incident.

Police arrested the 21-year-old female driver on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and felony manslaughter in connection with the 4:40 a.m. accident on the westbound Pomona freeway, or State Route 60, in Diamond Bar, said Rodrigo Jimenez, a California Highway Patrol spokesman on the scene, who spoke to the Los Angeles Times.

The female driver was in serious condition at a Los Angeles County hospital with a broken femur and a ruptured bladder, Jimenez said.

Authorities were seeking blood tests.

Investigators "believe from what they found in the vehicle that alcohol was involved," Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Fred Corral told the newspaper.
California State Highway Patrol investigates the tragedy on the Pomona Highway.
Jimenez said the woman was traveling east in a red Chevy Camaro when it collided head-on with a red Ford Explorer. The sequence of events involving the other vehicles was not immediately clear. At least two people were ejected from their vehicles, Jimenez said.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene, and two people died at an area hospital, authorities said. The freeway lanes in both directions were closed for hours Sunday.

Jimenez told the newspaper as he stood near the crumpled vehicles that it was "a horrific collision."

"This tragedy is 100 percent preventable," he said.
Friends and family mourn the lost of University of South Florida students.
And this wasn't the half of the problems. In Tampa, Florida, a group of young men died when the driver went the wrong way on Interstate 275 near the city. It turned out to be filmed by some eye catchers.

The driver of an SUV was heading south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 275 in Tampa around 2 a.m. Sunday when the driver collided head-on with the Hyundai Sonata carrying the fraternity brothers. Authorities say the SUV burst into flames and the driver died at the scene. FHP officials were struggling to identify the male victim late Sunday because of extensive injuries from the fire.

Sergeant Steve Gaskins said all four victims in the second car also died at the scene. They were members of the University of South Florida's fraternity Sigma Beta Rho. Authorities identified the victims as: Jobin Joy Kuriakose, 21, Ankeet Harshad Patel, 22, Imtiyaz "Jim" Ilias, 20 and Dammie Yesudhas, 21.

"Mere words cannot convey the depth of shock and sadness this terrible event brings to all who knew and cherished these wonderful young men," USF President Judy Genshaft said in a statement.

The university's counseling center will be available to help students' struggling with the loss. Sigma Beta Rho is planning an on-campus memorial service later in the week. Details will be available on the university's website, school officials said.
University of South Florida mourns the lost of five fraternity brothers. One of the frat brothers drove on Interstate 275 in the wrong direction.
"Our hearts are heavy at the loss of such bright, energetic and optimistic young people who had promising futures ahead of them; to have their lives cut tragically short betrays our sense of fairness and security," Genshaft said. "Now is the time when our faith and the support of those closest to us can sustain us, and should in tribute to their spirit of friendship and brotherhood."

Authorities said they are investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to those lost in these senseless tragedies.

Stories come courtesy of the Associated Press and Loserville.

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