One killed in Patriots celebration

[CatnipOligarchy]

BOSTON -- New England Patriots fans turned rowdy after their team's Super Bowl victory, flipping cars and lighting small fires as thousands swarmed the streets. One person was killed when an allegedly drunken driver backed his sport utility vehicle into a group of revelers.

In Kenmore Square, near Boston University, college-aged fans thronged the streets around garbage fires Sunday night. A local television station reported that one of its vans was vandalized, and the crew had to be escorted from the area by police.

Across town near Northeastern University, fans flipped about a half dozen cars.

An SUV struck several people early Monday, killing James Grabowski, 21, of West Newbury, and injuring three others, one critically. The SUV was stuck in a crowd of revelers when the driver put the car in reverse, then shifted into forward, striking pedestrians and a police officer, authorities said.

Grabowski was the son of State Police Capt. Daniel Grabowski. The family had no comment Monday.

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That sucks, one reason I won't party in the street :no:

[pimpshiznid]

Yeah, I mean, why do people need to riot in cases like this... I mean really, what if the point... "Yay! My team won! Let's go start some fires and roll over that dudes car! Yeah, totally awesome!"

I swear, some people are stupid... :no:

[CatnipOligarchy]

i dont know much about championship celebrations, they dont happen too often around here :( , but yeah i cant imagine flipping cars and etc, im not really sure what i'd do but i dont see why destruction often becomes a part of these celebrations

[phantomAI]

Yeah I saw most of the crowding around Kenmore Square from my dorm room. The riot wasn't as big as the one with the Red Sox in the ALC games.

[Veedems Veteran]

One thing I must say about NYC, when our teams do win we handle it so well. This is such a shame.

[CatnipOligarchy]

One thing I must say about NYC, when our teams do win we handle it so well. This is such a shame.

i guess after 26 world series titles its just not as big of a deal anymore.

[Toxikk Veteran]

its so funny when people cause mass destruction even though their team wins.

i was at osu lastyear when osu beat michigan and capped thier undefeated reg season... before winning the title... and it was crazy in the streets. you woulda thought that osu lost 69-0.

its a shame that people cant just have fun.

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Not cool at all (N)

[M/\TT]

That sucks :(

I wish people were more careful and responsible.

[kak]

That sounds like a WVU celebration, minus the people dying. It's a good thing ot have the cops there to make sure nothing bad like that happens.

[threetonesun]

The problem is way too many people get way too drunk while watching the game, and then rush into the streets around here. The parade was fine, nothing went wrong there (except for it being a little bit crowded) mainly because only people from Southie are drunk at that time of the day.

[cmove]

It is sad, however it was one day splendid

[Wannes]

That really does suck, but isn't cool at all. If people can't even look after themeselves then how will they look after others?! :o

-Couch Potato?

[dafinga]

I blame it on Video Games.... yeah Video games.... these kids are brainwashed?! No wait I blame it on violent sports..... yeah violent sports?! Umh.... I blame it on the ..... *smack*

[GTX]

I'm so glad I never go to large sports games...

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

talk about civism persons

[giga Veteran]

Yeesh.:| But that's nothing compared to soccer games. :|