Crime Blotter: Georgia football player Devin Willock, staff member Chandler LeCroy killed in car crash

[Bamabuzzard]

Maybe we should just stick to this being a tragedy and not escort jokes using pictures of a dead girl. In Kind of bad taste IMO.

My apologies, I didn't know that pic was of someone actually in the wreck.

 

[davefrat]

My apologies, I didn't know that pic was of someone actually in the wreck.

It's the girl who was driving the car and died in the crash.

Like I said, sorry if I offended anyone.

I will self-impose sanctions and not comment for a week.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I'm shocked I have to say this, but we're not going to post pictures of the deceased and make disparaging accusations regarding their character. We're above that sort of garbage here on TF.com.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

It's the girl who was driving the car and died in the crash.

Like I said, sorry if I offended anyone.

I will self-impose sanctions and not comment for a week.

Thats a bit extreme. Lord knows I put my foot in my mouth on a daily basis.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I think we all knew there was more to the story than just lost control of the vehicle

 

[CB4]

Legally UGA is tangled in a web of issues here. An employee of the university, driving a vehicle rented/leased to the university, with a BAC of 2.5 times the legal limit while racing another student athlete /driving recklessly at over 100 mph. And that employee loses her life, the life of a student athlete, and injures another student athlete and university employee.

The university can distance itself all it wants by saying “the employee wasn’t acting in any official capacity, nor was use of the vehicle approved by the university or officials”. However, all it will take is for testimony or evidence that someone in an official capacity directed those two employees to serve in anything closely related to work responsibilities (ie: chaperones, entertainment, transportation, etc.).

Let’s face facts. There is a reason these universities don’t hire 50 year old, balding middle age fat dudes in these roles as “recruiting analyst”. These “employees” are hired because, while they could clearly be capable of performing the described roles and responsibilities, they are usually young, attractive and female. And most are not many years older than those they are “recruiting”. And while I have met many in that age range that are “mature beyond their years”, there are far too many situations like this where caution and discretion are cast into the wind; caution and discretion that often times only comes with maturity.

My sincere hope is that this tragedy sends a message across intercollegiate athletics that the whole “recruiting coordinator/director/ analysts” on these campuses needs a very hard look.

 

[AlexanderFan]

I think we all knew there was more to the story than just lost control of the vehicle

It was always a question of loose lips and CYA. Looks like someone at the APD has some integrity.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Legally UGA is tangled in a web of issues here. An employee of the university, driving a vehicle rented/leased to the university, with a BAC of 2.5 times the legal limit while racing another student athlete /driving recklessly at over 100 mph. And that employee loses her life, the life of a student athlete, and injures another student athlete and university employee.

The university can distance itself all it wants by saying “the employee wasn’t acting in any official capacity, nor was use of the vehicle approved by the university or officials”. However, all it will take is for testimony or evidence that someone in an official capacity directed those two employees to serve in anything closely related to work responsibilities (ie: chaperones, entertainment, transportation, etc.).

Let’s face facts. There is a reason these universities don’t hire 50 year old, balding middle age fat dudes in these roles as “recruiting analyst”. These “employees” are hired because, while they could clearly be capable of performing the described roles and responsibilities, they are usually young, attractive and female. And most are not many years older than those they are “recruiting”. And while I have met many in that age range that are “mature beyond their years”, there are far too many situations like this where caution and discretion are cast into the wind; caution and discretion that often times only comes with maturity.

My sincere hope is that this tragedy sends a message across intercollegiate athletics that the whole “recruiting coordinator/director/ analysts” on these campuses needs a very hard look.

Yep, determining whether this all occurred during "work hours" will be key. But someone simply wearing their work clothing with the company's name on it doesn't automatically implicate the company. As we all know, there are millions of workers that leave directly from work, still in their work clothes, and go to bars to drink.

 

[Toddrn]

Like I said when this first happened. UGA needs to just open their check book or it's going to get very ugly.

 

[CB4]

Yep, determining whether this all occurred during "work hours" will be key. But someone simply wearing their work clothing with the company's name on it doesn't automatically implicate the company. As we all know, there are millions of workers that leave directly from work, still in their work clothes, and go to bars to drink.

Correct. That’s the reason there will need to be evidence that someone in an official capacity directed them or they “understood” they were acting in their role as “employees” that evening.

 

[Guido]

I think we all knew there was more to the story than just lost control of the vehicle

true but I didn't see the racing element coming, that sort of stupidity is usually reserved for us males.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Correct. That’s the reason there will need to be evidence that someone in an official capacity directed them or they “understood” they were acting in their role as “employees” that evening.

I wonder if her driving is a subtle clue

 

[selmaborntidefan]

until this incident, the ajc's coverage of uga has been almost completely puff pieces for at least the past two years.

Potential Pulitzer Prizes and making a name for one’s self has an incredible affect on turning hack journalists into superstar investigative reporters in one breath.

 

[AlexanderFan]

TideFans may have morals and standards, but the university legal team is going to destroy this young woman’s decisions.

 

[CB4]

I wonder if her driving is a subtle clue

Just thinking out loud here, but I think that is where the testimony of the surviving employee may be crucial. Was this a “unilateral decision” by LaCroy to use the vehicle? Or was she told by someone to “just keep the car for tonight and hang with these guys to keep them out of trouble?”

 

[RollTide1224]

TideFans may have morals and standards, but the university legal team is going to destroy this young woman’s decisions.

Of course they hired her and put her in the position she was in.

 

[colbysullivan]

Like I said when this first happened. UGA needs to just open their check book or it's going to get very ugly.

It’s going to get ugly regardless.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Yep, determining whether this all occurred during "work hours" will be key. But someone simply wearing their work clothing with the company's name on it doesn't automatically implicate the company. As we all know, there are millions of workers that leave directly from work, still in their work clothes, and go to bars to drink.

In company vehicles?

 

[colbysullivan]

In company vehicles?

That’s the thing. The university is not going to come out of this unscathed.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

In company vehicles?

Yeah, I don't know the capacity of company vehicles for certain employees at UGA. Where I work there are certain "types" of workers who get access to a company vehicle and rather than always having to drive back to the office and get their personal vehicle, can actually take the vehicle home and come back in to work the next day with it. But they do not have the right to use the company vehicle for personal use that otherwise they would use their personal vehicle for.