News & Politics - Woman Killed In Practical Joke

Lain · 03-09-2005, 02:17 AM

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Woman killed in practical joke that turns tragic
March 7, 2005
Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/ver..._turns_tragic/

COVENTRY, Vt. --A 21-year-old Newport woman was run over and killed when a practical joke turned tragic on U.S. Route 5, police said.

Ashley Lewis was pronounced dead at North Country Hospital in Newport early Sunday, said state police Sgt. Kevin Charboneau.

Keith Gingue, 21, of Johnson, was charged with drunken driving following the incident.

Charboneau said Lewis was driving on Route 5 with three friends at about 1 a.m. Sunday when she stopped at a large pull-off area about a mile south of Airport Road so the women could relieve themselves.

Police said Lewis and Aimee Hopkins, 21, of Lyndonville, got out of the vehicle and left Gingue and another man in the vehicle.

While the women were relieving themselves, Gingue got into the driver's seat and pulled the car ahead about 25 feet, running over Lewis, Charboneau said.

"He didn't know the girl was squatting in front of the vehicle," Charboneau said.

Lewis suffered massive internal injuries. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Now that be a lesson to you folks.

TokyoNiGHTS · 03-09-2005, 02:44 AM

Maybe i'm missing something, but where's the practical joke at in this story?

- Jen - · 03-09-2005, 02:47 AM

I must be missing something as well...how is that a practical joke ?

mh67511 · 03-09-2005, 03:44 AM

I guess he thought that pulling the car 25 feet forward would be funny? Maybe they'd be like "where is the car??" Either way it's sad and tragic. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE PLEASE! We really need to have harsher laws on Drunk Driving. It's a terrible crime and this country is just too lenient on it!


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