John woke up this morning to news of a head-on car crash near his neighborhood at 4 am. Wrong-way driver.
When the police released names of the 18-yr-old victim and the wrong-way driver, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian looked for possible information on Facebook, Twitter, and other internet sites.
http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/columnists/jamie-butow/x1250043648/Teens-life-and-death-unfolds-on-Twitter
Jamie Butow found a huge number of Tweets. People had tweeted before and after the accident, speaking freely about their alcohol use and vowing not to drink and drive in the future.
Someone had tweeted about free alcohol at his house, and people came.
The victim's friend had boasted about "whenever Breana and I play drinking games together...," we win.
On this night, however, everyone lost.
When the police released names of the 18-yr-old victim and the wrong-way driver, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian looked for possible information on Facebook, Twitter, and other internet sites.
http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/columnists/jamie-butow/x1250043648/Teens-life-and-death-unfolds-on-Twitter
Jamie Butow found a huge number of Tweets. People had tweeted before and after the accident, speaking freely about their alcohol use and vowing not to drink and drive in the future.
Someone had tweeted about free alcohol at his house, and people came.
The victim's friend had boasted about "whenever Breana and I play drinking games together...," we win.
On this night, however, everyone lost.
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