Celebrating the Sox

A speeding car crashed into a lamppost on Memorial Drive near Leverett House at 2 a.m. yesterday, dragging the pole and its concrete base nearly 15 feet and totalling the $6000 BMW. The driver walked away from the accident apparently with only minor injuries.

"It was another guy out celebrating the Red Sox's victory," an MDC policeman said yesterday. "The bastard is lucky to be alive." The pole that the driver hit had wrapped itself completely around the car, collapsing a part of its roof only a few feet from the driver's head.

"I know I can walk and I want to see my car," the driver insisted as ambulance attendants tried to coax him onto a stretcher.