Counselors support Madison students
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Counselors are available at two Madison schools Monday to support students dealing with a car crash that killed one teen and critically injured two others.
Fifteen-year-old Dionna Cook died in the crash Friday night. She was an eighth-grader at O'Keefe Middle School and was scheduled to graduate next week.
Madison police say a 15-year-old driving a Toyota Corolla with five passengers first struck a parked car, and then veered into an SUV. Officers arrested the driver of the SUV on suspicion of drunken driving.
All six people in the car at the time of the crash were under the age of 16.
Jun 1, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.
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You are correct. I was confused. Hate Monday's
Jun 1, 2009 at 9:55 a.m.
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BillyClydePuckett: I think you have the drivers involved confussed. The driver of the car was 15. The driver of the SUV was the one suspected of DUI. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It sounds like the cause of this horrible crash was an unlicensed driver with car full of kids. How sad for the families and friends of these kids.
Jun 1, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.
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I am talking about the driver of the vehicle that the 15 year old plowed into. Read the story. Yes, he was drunk but he did not cause that accident. The teen that was driving had already plowed into a parked car. He then drove into the SUV. The teen should be charged somehow for the death of that girl, not the 40 year old SUV driver.
Jun 1, 2009 at 9:23 a.m.
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What? If the driver was 25 and drunk would you simply ticket them for drunk driving? If the driver was drunk (in addition to being underage to drive, let alone drink) they should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Jun 1, 2009 at 9 a.m.
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I hope the driver of the SUV does NOT get charged with the death of that girl. A ticket for drunk driving should be enough. I also think that none of the surviving teens should be able to get a drivers license until they are at least 25. What kind of friends were they to that girl that they could all just take off on foot after the accident? The owner of the vehicle they were in should also be charged with something, or at the very least fined.
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