Today's Mail Tribune includes this story of a third high speed incident involving an intoxicated teen driver in Medford. This particular event didn't involve police pursuit (like the incident on February 11), or was it apparent if a second car was involved like a two car chase in late February.
As someone who lives and drives in Medford and who has family and friends who live and drive VERY close to all three incident locations, I am not at all pleased to see this as a trend. It certainly doesn't help when those who take part are commemorated by having friends encourage "do what [Kevan] would have done and live life to the fullest," as Ashland High's Jamin Burchard offered over the school PA to classmates in the aftermath of the two fatality incident February 11. Sorry, Jamin, but dying at age 17 while also taking the life of an innocent father of three is NOT living life to the fullest. It's living life to a foolish and extremely premature end. And it should never be emulated.
In the summer of 1986, I was just out of high school when the kid who was likely going to take over for me as varsity goalkeeper for Phoenix HS's soccer team flipped his Jeep on Colver Road, killing himself, putting a female classmate into a coma, and injuring two other passengers. If I never hear of another senseless loss of teen life...
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