Monday, August 21, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Driving altercation may have caused death
By Derek Prater
By Derek Prater
wriher@kanson.com
Kansan senior staff writer
University of Kansas student Laura Leffwich died Aug. 13. She was 18 years old.
Leftwich, a Skokie, Ill., sophomore,'died of injuries resulting from a car accident the previous afternoon on Interstate 70 about seven miles east of Lawrence. Police are investigating the accident as a possible case of
accident as a possible case of road rage.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Weinstein Family Services in Wilmette, Ill.
Andrea Leftwich described her daughter as a "very exciting, vivacious" young woman.
“Her great passion was music,” she said. “She especially loved to sing. When she was home, the house was always filled with music. It’s very quiet now, that’s hard.”
Leftwich: died Aug.
13 in an accident
on 1-70.
Laura Leftwich was a pas-
Larissa Lettwich was a senger in the car of Alex Wolfson, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, when the two were in an accident involving three vehicles about 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 12. Leftwich was flown by helicopter to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she died the next morning.
Wolfson was transported by Leavenworth County Ambulance to Providence Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., where he was treated then released.
Master Trooper Terry Burner of the Kansas Highway Patrol said the accident occurred after an altercation between Wolfson and another driver.
According to Burner:
According to Berry,
Wolfson was driving a 1988 four-door Honda Accord west on I-70 and changed lanes from the left passing lane to allow a blue Geo hatchback driven by Billy Breedlove, 44, of Kansas City.
When Breedlove passed, some sort of alteration took place between the drivers. Wolfson then pulled back into the passing lane, and Breedlove braked suddenly.
Mo., to pass.
Wolfson swerved his car to miss the Geo and lost control of the car, which spun and came to rest in the right lane facing oncoming traffic. The car was then hit head-on by a semi truck.
The driver of the semi, Donnie Hogsed, 40,
Murphy, N.C., was not injured. The truck jackknifed, blocking westbound traffic for about two hours.
Breedlove's car was not hit in the accident, and he left the scene. He then stopped at the East Lawrence turnpike exit and told a toll collector that he had been involved in a wreck. The toll collector told Breedlove to pull over while the collector called for a trooper, but Breedlove drove off.
Brewedove contacted the highway patrol the evening of Aug. 13 after seeing a televised report of the accident. Burner said that he was still in the process of conducting interviews and that he would talk to the Leavenworth County prosecutor sometime this week to determine how to proceed and what, if any, charges would be filed.
Leftwich was studying political science at the University and was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway released a statement following Leftwich's death.
"On behalf of the entire KU community, I want to express profound sorrow at the death of Laura Leftwich, a bright, promising young woman," the statement said. "We all mourn her loss. I offer our deepest sympathies to Laura's family and friends as well as to Alex and the Wolfson family."
Jenalee Berk, Dallas sophomore, was to be Leftwich's roommate this semester. She said Leftwich was an outgoing person.
"She would say whatever was on her mind," Berk said. "She always had a lot to say."
said, "She always that
Leftwich is survived by her mother; father,
Jim; sister, Rebecca, 15; and brother, Adam, 12.
- Edited by Kathryn Moore
By Meghan Bainum
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Cynthia Atkinson thinks she found something extra on her Taco Bell chalupa two weeks ago.
Woman suspects blood in chalupa
It wasn't extra cheese or unwanted sour cream. Atkinson, of Lawrence, said it looked like blood.
Atkinson refused to comment further until test results become available and she talked to her attorney
Lawrence Police Detective M.T. Brown said the chalupa, which came from the Taco Bell at 1408 W. 23rd St., was tested and a detective was put on the case to follow leads and conduct interviews. But the substance has not yet been identified.
"We have run preliminary tests that we won't release, but we have
"We aren't ruling anything out—including a possible motive."
Laurie Gannon
Public relations director for Taco Bell
Corp.
sent the chalupa to the KBI (Kansas Bureau of Investigation), and they are conducting their analysis." Brown said.
Taco Bell has also taken an active role in the investigation. In a written statement, Laurie Gannon, public relations director for Taco Bell Corp., said Taco Bell was cooperating with the police and health department and took the complaints
seriously.
"While we are anxiously awaiting the test results, we aren't ruling anything out — including a possible motive." Gannon said.
Sharon Watson, public information director for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said the health department investigated the restaurant several days after the alleged incident but found no violations. Watson said all workers were wearing gloves, and none had cuts on their hands or arms.
Watson said that the health department investigates three or four similar cases each year. She said that after the department investigated this chalupa incident its involvement in the case was over, unless police request further information. Edited by Clay McCuistion
Students want to keep Napster
Continued from page 1A
The Recording Industry Association of America thinks software that lets people download copyrighted music should be illegal. Some mainstream artists such as Metallica agree and have filed suit against Napster. If Napster loses its battle with the music industry, it will have to be shut down.
"I believe the Napster technology
"I'm going to cry when Napster finally goes down. When I thought it was going down last July I sat and downloaded every song I could think of."
"I believe the Napster technology can help everyone involved in music
Paul Farran
including artists, consumers and the industry," said Napster Chief Executive Hank Barry in a written statement. "New technologies can be a win-win situation if we work together on building new models, and we at Napster are eager to do so." Still, the Napster case is on a fast track to appeals court.
According to a Napster official, the site had just begun the appeals process. The RIAA tried to make Napster shut down during the process with a court
Wichita junic
order, but the site was granted a stay to allow it to stay open. A brief that was due Friday outlined all of Napster's legal arguments. Oral arguments in the case will begin in September.
"I'm going to cry when Napster finally goes down," he said. "When I
Farran said he is not looking forward to the possibility of life without Napster.
thought it was going down last July I sat and downloaded every song I could think of."
However, some students like Samantha Montague, Wichita sophomore, think that while Napster should stay on the Web, people should not abuse the free-music privilege.
"The more that people just straight download things, the more they are going to restrict it because nobody is supporting the band — and the band has to make money from the music," Montague said.
Still, Montague said she did not think bands like Metallica should be suing Napster.
"A mainstream band has no right to be upset. They have made their money." Montague said. "But an underground band is not going to be rich and famous, and they rely on you to support their band."
- Edited by Erin Adamson
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