Not really a vacation. Far from it, actually. :-( Spent the last 12 hours crying and running around the last 2 hours writing e-mail to friends and various mailing lists. (It's 7 am here, please forgive my distraught little head.) As some of you already know, I also manage an all-girl rock band. Last night they were organizing a gig cum contest for amateur bands at the girls' dorm parking lot at the Univ when a drunken freak rammed his black BMW right smack into the registration booth, injuring 6 people, including my 19-year old guitarist. She's up for surgery now, for hematoma found in the brain. Two other victims are still in critical condition, both are already in a coma I think. Been running around 2 hospitals and rounding up witnesses to file a criminal case against the car driver (and his companions), who incidently, survived with nary a scratch. Ergo, I don't think I'll be around as much as I'd like to here. But I will be popping in once in a while to see if you guys are being nice to Michelle while I'm away. Please play nice. :-) (And pray for these kids, too, while you're at it.) Thanks. (*

Sorry to hear about this. This happened two nights ago I gathered. I'll pray for them. Sorry to hear it. Bsteph

We're praying and promise to play nice ^i^

Awww....Jovan don't worry about a thing here....take care of your friends and my thoughts will be with you and them. hugs..... :~(

I am, therefore I create.......
--- michelleamarante.com

Our best wishes and thoughts are with you Star... Hugs ladynimue

Jovan, my thoughts and prayers are with your friends and yourself...This is so shocking, I don't know what to say. Love and Hugs :-(>

bonne chance a tes amis et toi Jovie.

Starshuffler, I'm with PC... hope my prayers help. If there is anything that I can do to help. Please let me know. - M

Mind Over Matter
"If you don't mind, then it don't matter."

ditto here, anything we can do, yell! thoughts and prayers for your friends and for you...

i'm so sorry to hear about your friends- promise we'll be good here ~hugs~

hi, hope your friends and all those injured recover. take care.

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt

I echo the sentiments above. Please let us know how things are going and as Moe said, lets us know if there's something we can do. And don't worry, we'll try really hard to be good while you're not around. Well, as long as Cyn doesn't start poking me in the arm with her finger. Or does that thing she does with brocolli...oh man.... -=>Donald

Thanks all. I can breathe a little now, but there's still so much to do. My guitarist is out of danger now (and so are the other 3 injured), recovering from successful brain surgery. (They had to drill a hole to drain the clots and shyte.) She's conscious and communicable already. It will be a while before she plays the guitar again though. I wish I could say the same for the others, but one girl (only 17) has been having violent episodes whenever conscious. The other one is being kept alive by meds and a respirator. She is suffering from multiple skull fractures. She needs a miracle. :-( The guys in the beemer are in custody, awaiting fiscal's decision whether they should be granted bail or not. (The f*ker tried to run away and resist arrest during apprehension.) The case is now handled by the University Legal Office. I've been taking care of press releases and public appeals, and so far we've received positive news. Witnesses are giving statements, photos and an aftermath video are now with authorities. It's all over the news now. We are really hoping for swift justice for these victims. Thanks for all the prayers and support. (They seem to be working, the way things are turning out in general.) Will be popping back again soon with, hopefully, better news. I love this forum. (

so glad your gutarist is doing better & the others- how terribly sad for the one girl & all the parents! I'd be a crazysick! (hush! Donald! jab-jab-jab) keep us posted! we're with you! & strangely enough has brought us all closer here (poke) still sending lots of good vibes your way & brocolli...

Just caught up with this - Jovan, everyone has already said it, my thoughts are there too. (",)

brocolli?....nevermind I don't want to know...forget I even mentioned it...

Things can change so quickly. Thanks to this forum, hopes and prayers are being sent up from all over the world. Hope they hang the jerk by his balz.

Just got here myself. Hugs, Star. Hugs.

..I'm late, but still.. Hoping all the good for your friend Jovan, and all the good for others too. Take your time, knowing 'chelle, this place will stay in stright order. And I truly hope those fuckers will get what they deserve. .n

Attached Link: photos of the incident

Some guy witnessed the event and took pictures. Sorry a lot of it is written in the local tongue, but the pics will tell the story anyways. The students waited a long time for the ambulance to arrive that they had to make makeshift stretchers from planks and stuff. The last few pics were of the suspects. (Two of them, the ones with the heads cropped off, were able to run away. They were four in the car, apparently. It's just unfortunate that the guy who was taking the pics was pretty shaken, he missed taking pics of the faces.) Only for those who have the stomach. :-( (*

Just shocking. Even though it's as you described, seeing it makes it so much more horrific than I imagined. And to think that 2 of them ran away. Have they been caught yet? The other 2 will probably rat on them. I don't know what else to say but try to stay strong. We're all here for you, Star....