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Crash victim from Saturday night ID'd Full Article
February 9, 2009 Top of page
Samantha Ann Loy was identified as the victim of an automobile rollover accident which occurred on a Saturday evening on Interstate 70. Alcohol intoxication was stated to be a contributory factor.
Family, friends
come together to remember Samantha Loy
Feb 12, 2009 11:46 AM Top of page
Feb 12, 2009 05:42 PM Full Article
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Friends and family of a young woman killed over the weekend say her energizing spirit and positive attitude will be missed.
Article has more about the memorials and how friends viewed her.
Questions on a fatality Full Article
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Top of page
Samantha was stopped and questioned by a Fruita police officer a half-hour before she crashed her vehicle on Interstate 70 east of Fruita, combined with the fact that family now knows that Samantha had been drinking, raise serious questions about whether Loy should have been allowed to keep driving.
Teen crash victim was well over adult limit18-year-old’s blood-alcohol level was .195 when she died
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Full Article
Reported that Samantha Loy had a blood-alcohol content of 0.195 percent, more than double the legal limit of alcohol in her system, authorities said.
"A driver is considered intoxicated under Colorado law with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent. It’s also illegal for anyone under 21 to drink alcohol in Colorado."
Investigation finds no wrongdoing by Fruita officers before fatal crash
By AMY HAMILTON
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Full Article
Reported that Fruita police found no wrongdoing by the two patrol officers who made initial contact with an 18-year-old drunken driver who died minutes later on Interstate 70 after crashing her vehicle in the early morning hours Feb. 8.
However, family members of f Samantha said there may be have been “red flags,” and if the officers had noticed them, they could have prevented the ensuing tragedy.
“Being 18 and being pulled over at 1 o’clock in the morning, maybe he thought he was just giving her a break,” said a relative who didn’t want to be identified by name. “She lost her life because of it. I just hope it never happens to anyone else.”
Investigation stalls in Fruita DUI death
Posted: March 4, 2009 06:13 PM Full Article
Updated: March 7, 2009 06:57 PM Top of page
The Colorado State Patrol investigation into the drunk driving death of a Mesa State College student has stalled since no one will admit supplying underage Loy with alcohol.
At college's
remembrance, mother talks of grief, anger
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
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"The mother of an 18-year-old Mesa State College student who was killed in a drunken-driving crash spoke publicly for the first time Saturday night at a remembrance for students who had died in recent years."
The article has more about Samatha's mother's reaction and remembrance of other youth who tragically lost their lives.
Parents frustrated about accountability for daughter's deathSunday, June 21, 2009 Top of page Full Article
Reported that Samantha Loy’s blood-alcohol-content was 0.195 percent, more than twice the legal limit for an adult over 21 when she died when her car crashed
The article also wrote compelling of her mother's, Susan Giffin, difficult adjustment after the death of her daugher.
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