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  • SportsAndLady
    Drunk guy in a U-Haul truck full of kegs runs over a lady at a tailgate for Harvard/Yale, she dies, 2 other people were injured with 1 in serious condition.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/yale-harvard-football-game-marred-beer-keg-van-fatally-mowed-tailgater-injured-article-1.980155

    This was interesting..
    Police were also investigating whether the incident was prompted by road rage after witnesses said the driver appeared to be perturbed at the woman for not moving out of his way as he entered the parking lot.
  • sleeper
    As sad as the death is, couldn't have happened to a better school. These elitist universities need to be knocked down a peg or two.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;979817 wrote:As sad as the death is, couldn't have happened to a better school. These elitist universities need to be knocked down a peg or two.
    and how, praytell, does this tragic accident accomplish that?
  • Little Danny
    sleeper;979817 wrote:As sad as the death is, couldn't have happened to a better school. These elitist universities need to be knocked down a peg or two.
    I am disappointed in you. I was waiting for you to say Ohio State has better academics and athletics than both schools put together.
  • like_that
    Little Danny;980379 wrote:I am disappointed in you. I was waiting for you to say Ohio State has better academics and athletics than both schools put together.
    I was waiting for a ND reference.
  • sleeper
    vball10set;980341 wrote:and how, praytell, does this tragic accident accomplish that?
    Because there are plenty of idiots that go to both of these schools. Most Ivy league schools are full of kids of rich and influential parents, not the elite that most of America thinks of. I'd put about 20 schools ahead of Harvard and Yale(if not more) that actually provide a quality education and not just a bunch of elitist circle jerking.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;980466 wrote:Because there are plenty of idiots that go to both of these schools. Most Ivy league schools are full of kids of rich and influential parents, not the elite that most of America thinks of. I'd put about 20 schools ahead of Harvard and Yale(if not more) that actually provide a quality education and not just a bunch of elitist circle jerking.
    But how does the death of a young woman and the injuries to her two friends, "knock these elitist Universities down a peg or two"? I could go off and blast you for making such an ignorant and insensitive comment, but I'd really like to know what prompted you say something like this :confused:
  • sleeper
    vball10set;980470 wrote:But how does the death of a young woman and the injuries to her two friends, "knock these elitist Universities down a peg or two"? I could go off and blast you for making such an ignorant and insensitive comment, but I'd really like to know what prompted you say something like this :confused:
    Not the death so much, but the drunken idiot.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;980471 wrote:Not the death so much, but the drunken idiot.
    ok, fair enough..btw, was he drunk?

    http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7254110/tailgater-harvard-crimson-yale-bulldogs-game-killed-moving-truck
    "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."
    Hartman said the driver was in police custody. The driver has not yet been identified by police and no charges have been announced.
  • sleeper
    Even if he wasn't he was still a student at these prestigious universities handing out binging alcohol to other prestigious university students. Either way, I win.
  • vball10set
    sleeper;980479 wrote:Even if he wasn't he was still a student at these prestigious universities handing out binging alcohol to other prestigious university students. Either way, I win.
    What makes you so sure he was a student?
  • Al Bundy
    sleeper;980466 wrote:Because there are plenty of idiots that go to both of these schools. Most Ivy league schools are full of kids of rich and influential parents, not the elite that most of America thinks of. I'd put about 20 schools ahead of Harvard and Yale(if not more) that actually provide a quality education and not just a bunch of elitist circle jerking.
    Sounds like someone wasn't accepted at an Ivy League school.
  • sleeper
    Al Bundy;980515 wrote:Sounds like someone wasn't accepted at an Ivy League school.
    I didn't even apply. I didn't want to go to Harvard or Yale.
  • Al Bundy
    sleeper;980548 wrote:I didn't even apply. I didn't want to go to Harvard or Yale.
    Probably smart to apply to a school that accepts the most people.
  • sleeper
    Al Bundy;980552 wrote:Probably smart to apply to a school that accepts the most people.
    Yeah, or a school that is on the cutting edge of business leadership, scientific innovation, and has the greatest athletic department on the planet.
  • dwccrew
    sleeper;980556 wrote:Yeah, or a school that is on the cutting edge of business leadership, scientific innovation, and has the greatest athletic department on the planet.
    Texas?
  • darbypitcher22
    This was a pretty crazy incident.

    Thankfully the guy passed a sobriety test. Stinks that it was still a tragic accident but at least he wasn't blasted driving a UHAUL truck