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College student dies after being injured in a crowd following last night's Red Sox game
By Boston.com And Associated Press | October 21, 2004
A 21-year-old Emerson College student has died as a result of injuries sustained during celebrations early this morning on Lansdowne Street after the Red Sox defeated the Yankees. Earlier reports said that the student was hit by a "bean-bag" bullet fired by Boston police as they struggled to control the unruly crowds.
The student had been taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital after being injured on Lansdowne Street, where hundreds of fans had gathered to celebrate the Red Sox victory over the Yankees.
Brigham & Women's Hospital identified the young woman as Victoria Snelgrove of East Bridgewater. The hospital said she died at 12:50 p.m. today.
Boston police launched an immediate, intense investigation in an effort to determine how she was injured and whether the bullet had been fired by an officer.
"One factor that is being investigated is whether her injuries were sustained in any way during crowd control measures," said Suffolk District Attorney spokesman David Procopio. "That has not been confirmed or determined yet. The facts and circumstances of her injuries are the subject of an extremely active investigation at this point."
Sixteen people were reported injured as Boston police had to use what they describe as "less-than-lethal force'' to control rowdy fans.
Globe correspondent Heather Allen reported seeing fans trying to climb the outside wall of the Green Monster on Lansdowne Street near Gate E of Fenway Park.
At about 1:15 a.m. police officers armed with the bean-bag guns entered the crowd and started firing towards the Green Monster to get fans from climbing it, Allen said. She added that people starting running and that she heard some people say a girl was on the ground, there was a lot of blood, and she wasn’t moving.
Mayor Thomas Menino told the news media this morning that he was considering banning the serving of liquor in bars in the Fenway Park area once any World Series game gets underway.
He also said he was considering banning still and television cameras from inside bars in the Fenway Park area during games because he felt they contributed to inciting the crowds, mostly young people. He described what had happened as "'senseless''.
Over a thousand police officers had to be pressed into service to break up the crowds.
Television news reports from the scene showed one SUV on fire, youths throwing waste barrels and others items at buildings and signs. Some fans climbed on roofs and there were reports of fans falling to street after trying to climb up onto Fenway's Green Monster. Others were shown climbing street signs.
WCVB-TV reported that police had estimated between 60,000 and 80,000 people had converged on the Kenmore Square-Fenway Park area and most appeared to be students.
WCVB newscasts showed police with riot gear and dogs working to break up the crowds jamming the streets and sidewalks.
Boston police reported eight arrests in the neighborhood, most for disorderly conduct though one arrest was reported for assault and battery on a police officer. Sixteen people were injured, one seriously, a police spokeswoman said. One of those injured was a police officer, but his injuries were not severe, Beverly Ford said.
Students also gathered on college campuses around the region following the game.
About 5,000 people flooded the Southwest residential hall complex at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, but their celebration soon turned violent, police said.
UMass Sgt. David White said 29 people were arrested after a small group of began throwing beer cans and flaming toilet paper at police. Not everyone arrested was a student, he said.
One UMass police officer was injured while making an arrest, and was treated and released at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, White said.
About 50 people have been arrested at UMass following the past week's championship games, White said.
At UMass-Dartmouth, about 2,000 had to be dispersed by police using stun grenades. Police reportedly made several arrests.
In New Hampshire, police made about 15 arrests on various disorderly conduct charges as crowds got out of hand near Plymouth State University. Plymouth police said crowds swarmed the campus and surrounding neighborhoods after the Red Sox victory.
At the University of Vermont, more than 1,000 people gathered, setting fires, toppling light poles and fences and tipping a van on its side. No injuries were reported, but property damage was extensive, police said.
The Red Sox come-from-behind victory sends them to the World Series for the first time since 1986. The Red Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918, leaving its fans suffering through too many seasons of failure and a few seasons that came tantalizingly close only to collapse in dramatic fashion.
This time, the Yankees were the ones who blew a sure thing a 3-0 series lead, allowing the Red Sox to make history and making fans believe really believe that this is Boston's year.
Fans, stung last October by a devastating defeat in last year's ALCS Game 7 at the hands of the hated Yankees, marveled at Boston's ability to tie the ALCS at three games apiece after dropping the first three games.
''It's something you think about your whole life,'' said Lee Gregory, who watched the telecast on his laptop computer while camped out behind his SUV parked a block from Fenway Park on Yawkey Way.
Gregory, 44, lives in Plano, Texas, but came to Boston to experience the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry up close. He said he became a Red Sox fan while growing up in Toronto in 1967, Boston's ''Impossible Dream'' season that ended in World Series loss to St. Louis.
Lines to enter bars around Fenway Park before the game were 40 deep. Fans craned their necks to peek through the windows of the Cask'N'Flagon bar in the shadows of the Green Monster.
Fans inside and outside the landmark watering hole let out a collective roar when Johnny Damon connected for a grand slam in the second inning. That followed David Ortiz's two-run blast in the first inning. Damon's second homer, a two-run upper deck shot to right, made it 8-1 in the fourth inning.
''I'm still in shock. I can't believe they came back,'' Robert Paliotta, 25, of Cranston, R.I., said as he watched the game with friends. http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/dingbat_story_end_icon.gif
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College student dies after being injured in a crowd following last night's Red Sox game
By Boston.com And Associated Press | October 21, 2004
A 21-year-old Emerson College student has died as a result of injuries sustained during celebrations early this morning on Lansdowne Street after the Red Sox defeated the Yankees. Earlier reports said that the student was hit by a "bean-bag" bullet fired by Boston police as they struggled to control the unruly crowds.
The student had been taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital after being injured on Lansdowne Street, where hundreds of fans had gathered to celebrate the Red Sox victory over the Yankees.
Brigham & Women's Hospital identified the young woman as Victoria Snelgrove of East Bridgewater. The hospital said she died at 12:50 p.m. today.
Boston police launched an immediate, intense investigation in an effort to determine how she was injured and whether the bullet had been fired by an officer.
"One factor that is being investigated is whether her injuries were sustained in any way during crowd control measures," said Suffolk District Attorney spokesman David Procopio. "That has not been confirmed or determined yet. The facts and circumstances of her injuries are the subject of an extremely active investigation at this point."
Sixteen people were reported injured as Boston police had to use what they describe as "less-than-lethal force'' to control rowdy fans.
Globe correspondent Heather Allen reported seeing fans trying to climb the outside wall of the Green Monster on Lansdowne Street near Gate E of Fenway Park.
At about 1:15 a.m. police officers armed with the bean-bag guns entered the crowd and started firing towards the Green Monster to get fans from climbing it, Allen said. She added that people starting running and that she heard some people say a girl was on the ground, there was a lot of blood, and she wasn’t moving.
Mayor Thomas Menino told the news media this morning that he was considering banning the serving of liquor in bars in the Fenway Park area once any World Series game gets underway.
He also said he was considering banning still and television cameras from inside bars in the Fenway Park area during games because he felt they contributed to inciting the crowds, mostly young people. He described what had happened as "'senseless''.
Over a thousand police officers had to be pressed into service to break up the crowds.
Television news reports from the scene showed one SUV on fire, youths throwing waste barrels and others items at buildings and signs. Some fans climbed on roofs and there were reports of fans falling to street after trying to climb up onto Fenway's Green Monster. Others were shown climbing street signs.
WCVB-TV reported that police had estimated between 60,000 and 80,000 people had converged on the Kenmore Square-Fenway Park area and most appeared to be students.
WCVB newscasts showed police with riot gear and dogs working to break up the crowds jamming the streets and sidewalks.
Boston police reported eight arrests in the neighborhood, most for disorderly conduct though one arrest was reported for assault and battery on a police officer. Sixteen people were injured, one seriously, a police spokeswoman said. One of those injured was a police officer, but his injuries were not severe, Beverly Ford said.
Students also gathered on college campuses around the region following the game.
About 5,000 people flooded the Southwest residential hall complex at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, but their celebration soon turned violent, police said.
UMass Sgt. David White said 29 people were arrested after a small group of began throwing beer cans and flaming toilet paper at police. Not everyone arrested was a student, he said.
One UMass police officer was injured while making an arrest, and was treated and released at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, White said.
About 50 people have been arrested at UMass following the past week's championship games, White said.
At UMass-Dartmouth, about 2,000 had to be dispersed by police using stun grenades. Police reportedly made several arrests.
In New Hampshire, police made about 15 arrests on various disorderly conduct charges as crowds got out of hand near Plymouth State University. Plymouth police said crowds swarmed the campus and surrounding neighborhoods after the Red Sox victory.
At the University of Vermont, more than 1,000 people gathered, setting fires, toppling light poles and fences and tipping a van on its side. No injuries were reported, but property damage was extensive, police said.
The Red Sox come-from-behind victory sends them to the World Series for the first time since 1986. The Red Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918, leaving its fans suffering through too many seasons of failure and a few seasons that came tantalizingly close only to collapse in dramatic fashion.
This time, the Yankees were the ones who blew a sure thing a 3-0 series lead, allowing the Red Sox to make history and making fans believe really believe that this is Boston's year.
Fans, stung last October by a devastating defeat in last year's ALCS Game 7 at the hands of the hated Yankees, marveled at Boston's ability to tie the ALCS at three games apiece after dropping the first three games.
''It's something you think about your whole life,'' said Lee Gregory, who watched the telecast on his laptop computer while camped out behind his SUV parked a block from Fenway Park on Yawkey Way.
Gregory, 44, lives in Plano, Texas, but came to Boston to experience the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry up close. He said he became a Red Sox fan while growing up in Toronto in 1967, Boston's ''Impossible Dream'' season that ended in World Series loss to St. Louis.
Lines to enter bars around Fenway Park before the game were 40 deep. Fans craned their necks to peek through the windows of the Cask'N'Flagon bar in the shadows of the Green Monster.
Fans inside and outside the landmark watering hole let out a collective roar when Johnny Damon connected for a grand slam in the second inning. That followed David Ortiz's two-run blast in the first inning. Damon's second homer, a two-run upper deck shot to right, made it 8-1 in the fourth inning.
''I'm still in shock. I can't believe they came back,'' Robert Paliotta, 25, of Cranston, R.I., said as he watched the game with friends. http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/dingbat_story_end_icon.gif
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