Boston College hockey players involved in crash
April 26, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—Three members of Boston College’s national championship hockeyteam face alcohol charges after the sport utility vehicle they were in was hitby a trolley while making a U-turn across the tracks, officials said Monday.
Hockey players Philip Samuelsson, Patrick Wey and Parker Milner will besummoned to court on charges of being minors in possession of alcohol after theaccident early Sunday, according to Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for theMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Seven college-age students were in the Jeep Cherokee, and all suffered minorinjuries; no one on the trolley was hurt. Police found open and unopened cans ofbeer, as well as a bottle of vodka, in the SUV, the police report said. Itdoesn’t appear the driver had been drinking.
Also expected to be summoned to court on minor in possession charges aredriver Jane Stanton, Tina Dilandry, Reilly Corbett and Elizabeth Motley.
Six of the occupants are Boston College students, and no one in the SUV wasover age 19, authorities said. The crash remains under investigation.
Samuelsson, Wey and Milner are all freshmen on Boston College’s hockey team,which defeated Wisconsin 5-0 for the national title April 10. Samuelsson is theson of former NHL player Ulf Samuelsson.
The vehicle was making the U-turn when the trolley hit it at about 30 milesper hour, according to the police report. Milner, Motley and Corbett left thescene and were tracked down at a hospital, the report said.
College officials say that they are cooperating with authorities and thatthe students could face disciplinary actions.
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