BRIDGE BARRIER MISSING Cops Explain How 4 Teens Drove Into River
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LE 0? iManrfeatrr Krrali W Saturday, Nov. 19, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents j e r s / l ap- i 5 BRIDGE BARRIER MISSING Cops explain how 4 teens drove into river ... story on page 2 ijiS a tg a ers, }nd, tiO M l ■ r-‘ it* J*" J..- ■ i'- vw- * Pitrick Flynn/ManohMtsr Harald Pallbearers leave St. Brigid Church in West Hartford Friday after the funeral Solemn procession for Manchester resident Diane Vincent, who was strangled Tuesday in Hartford. More than 150 friends, co-workers and family members attended ^or^murder victim the funeral. Vincent, a security guard, was working at One Commercial Plaza when she was killed. Police have no leads or suspects in the casie. Story on page 2. t : Connecticiit Weather ‘ Bridge biamcade m REGIONAL WEATHER Aocu-Weather* forecast for Saturday in fatal crash of 4 teens bill signed Daytime Conditions artd High Temperatures By Larry Rosenthal starting today, were planned for officials said they were not sure The Associated Press Laura Lagrotteria, Jill Sawyer how big a gap existed at that time. IcLfcoularl and Miss Christy Stevens, all 19, The accident was the third at the by Reagan NEW HAVEN — Four young and Michael Gallo, 20. barriers since the bridge was people who died when their car Sawyer attended the Univer ciosed in August 1987. plunged into a river had driven sity of Rhode Island^ Gallo was a City officials said they are WASHINGTON (A P ) — Declaring the nation one through a gap left when concrete student at Southern Connecticut investigating why public works step closer to being drug-free. President Reagan |6o««o««|49* I road barriers were inexplicably State University in New Haven, crews put up wooden barriers signed major legislation Friday that creates a moved, city officials said Friday. and Stevens was a student at after the accident but did not Cabinet-level drug czar and gives police and the Officials said they did not know Mohegan Community College in return the blocks to their original courts “ a new sword and shield,” including the who moved the two-ton barriers Norwich and a part-time fashion position. death penalty for traffickers who kill. or when they were pushed apart. model. Lagrotteria worked at a Two large concrete “Jersey During an emotional ceremony in the East Room Police also disclosed that a case pizza parlor in East Lyme. barriers” between the blocks and of the White House, Reagan dedicated the moment AOaniic of mostly empty beer cans was Police said they had not yet the river had been arranged in a to his wife Nancy, who made the “ Just Say N o” Ocean recovered from the vehicle. None determined who was driving the configuration that allowed a anti-drug campaign for youngsters the centerpiece of the occupants was of legal car. which belonged to Miss single lane of traffic to cross the of her tenure as first iady. drinking age, which is 21. Stevens. bridge, DiLieto said. They had “ And now in the eleventh hour of this presidency, 01988 Aocu-M M hw . Inc The car was discovered in the One or more of three 4,000- been left in that position even we give a new sword and shield to those whose daily Mill River on Thursday, five days pound concrete blocks in front of after the bridge was shut down business it is to eliminate from Am erica’s streets and towns the scourge of illicit drugs, ” Reagan said. Mancheater and vicinity: Today, morning sun after the four friends from East the open bridge were out of place entirely and the concrete blocks “ Our battles aren’t fought by any single person, shine then becoming mostly cloudy. Cool with high Lym e disappeared during a night when the car drove into the river, were brought in, officials said, out in New Haven. nor can they be won by any single bill,” Reagan told in te mid 40s. Light north wind becoming east. city officials said at the news adding that decision was also the audience in the-glittering, chandeliered room. Tonight, rain beginning by late evening. Low in the The accident occurred on a conference. being investigated. But the president lauded the bill’s tough approach mid 30s. Chance of rain 90 percent. Sunday, rain and dark stretch of road that was shut Wayne Hickox, a traffic repor Authorities said the four crash cool. High in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent. down last year because a 105- ter for radio station WELI in New victims may have gotten lost toward so-called “ recreational” drug users, as well West Coastal, East Coastal: Today, morning year-old swing-bridge was found Haven, said he approached city early last Sunday morning trying as its federal death penalty for anyone convicted of drug-related killings. sunshine then becoming mostly cloudy. Cool with to be beyond repair. The bridge officials, including DiLieto, sev to find the ramp to Interstate 95 to high in the mid 40s. Wind north around 10 mph was left in an open position, or eral times since March to pass on return to East Lyme, a town of “ We are one step closer ... to an America that is becoming east. Tongiht, rain beginning by late parallel to the river, so boats complaints from motorists that 15,000 about 40 miles east of New drug free,” the president said as he stepped forward to sign the bill. evening. Low around 40. Chance of rain 90 percent. could pass by on either side. the bridge was not adequately Haven. Sunday, rain and cool. High 45 to 50. Chance of rain Mayor Biagio DiLieto and other blocked. He said be personally The large 1-95 bridge over the f e ll- — I The chamber was packed with members of the 90 percent. city officials told a news confer inspected the site at least twice Quinnipiac River is visible from Cabinet and military, congressional .supporters, Northwest Hills: Today, morning sunshine then ence late Friday that an investi and found a gap of 5 to 7 feet. the accident site. and police officers and private citizens involved in becoming mostly cloudy. Cool with high around 40. gation had confirmed that con But DiLieto said Friday he State police said they received several national anti-drug education programs. Light north wind becoming east. crete road barriers bad bedn could not recall discussing the a report that the four had been Vice President-elect Dan Quayle was in the moved, leaving a gap wide issue with any reporter, and drinking at a New Haven bar, audience, seated next to House Speaker Jim Wright. enough for a car to pass through. public works director Peter Du Bentley’s, until about 3 a.m. Although President-elect George Bush made a DiLieto said it was not yet known rante said that, according to his campaign pledge to put Quayle in charge of the Sunday. The New Haven Register M rle k Plynn/Nlan4MM4i' H «n n r Lottery when, why or how the barriers records, the department had not quoted several Southern Connec nation’s battle against drugs, the bill forbids the were moved. received any complaints about ticut students as saying that INVESTIGATION — Officer Dave De- Street was assaulted early Friday. Police “ drug czar” from holding another federal post. Autopsies determined the four the barricade. Bush, at a news conference in Florida on Monday, Bentley’s had developed a repu Pietro of the Manchester Police Depart originally reported the incident as a Connecticut daily Friday: ZM. Play Four: 1271 crash victims died of asphyxia by DiLieto said the city had not . indicated he might ask the new drug official-to tation as a place for minors to ment interviews Carver Lane residents rape. Connecticut "Lotto” Friday: 5.13, lO, 21, 32, 40 drowning, the state medical learned until Wednesday, when a drink without being asked for report to Quayle on his activities. examiner’s office said. Results of patrolman visited the site, that proof of their ages. Friday after an elderly woman on the In his remarks, Reagan praised the members of blood-alcohol tests are expected there was a gap large enough for Congress for their efforts, noting that the bill was to be available next week, but a car to fit through. The hole was But Bentley’s manager, John the product of many days of intense debate in the Index police said they did not know closed that day. Thomas, 24, said the nightspot waning days of the session. But he injected a when or if they would be made Police found the blocks out of caters to a mostly black clientele Attack on woman in her 70s personal note when he asserted that the measure public. position after an Oct. 22 car also represented a victory for his wife. Business__ . 33-34 Nation/World. on Saturday nights and that Churches _ . 14-15 Obituaries___ Separate funeral services. accident at the site, but city "these kids weren’t here.” “ This is a very special occasion for every one Classified — . 36-40 O pinion. here, especially Nancy. For eight years, she has led C o m ic s ____ . 23-25 Science/Heahh. leaves some elderly fearful the fight to not only rid our society of drugs, but to Local/State. ___ 2-8 Senior Citizens. .32 banish any lingering tolerance of the notion that Focus______ . 17-32 S p o rts _________ .41-48 Slain woman’s family joins Bv Andrew Yurkovskv Larry Wilson was to hold a Charles Booth, also of Carver drugs are cool or hip,” he said.