Reported Yanks Fan Accused Of DUI & Murder Of Reported Sox Fan
Via the AP with a hat tip to BTF:
A 43-year-old Nashua, N.H. woman faces murder charges after a man she’s accused of running down during the weekend died.
Witnesses say the incident was sparked by an argument between Red Sox and Yankees fans at a Nashua bar early Friday morning.
Ivonne Hernandez is accused of killing 29-year-old Matthew Beaudoin, and injuring his friend, 21-year-old Maria Hughes, by running them down with her car. She’s also charged with drunken driving.
Police say the incident followed an argument. They haven’t released details, but witness are saying an argument broke out in Slade’s Food & Spirits after Hernandez said she was a Yankees fan. They said Beaudoin was among a group of people who began chanting at Hernandez.
Via the Nashua Telegraph, we have a photo of Ms. Hernandez after she was arrested.
Craig Calcaterra commented on this case over at BTF and said “As is the case almost 100% of the time in these things, I’m guessing that their respective rooting interests have little or nothing to do with it.”
Give Craig a gold star on that one. I think he’s nailed it. Yet, I’m sure, some in Red Sox Nation may already be gathering their pitchforks and torches over this one.
What? A “Yankees Suck” chant breaks out in a public setting in a New England state?
Shocking!
From what I’ve read about this case, the original argument wasn’t over baseball, but when the Red Sox fans found a Yankee sticker on her car, the chants started, and she gunned her car at them, thinking they would scatter. A fatal mistake this woman will pay for for the rest of her life.