Cars flipped during festival, alcohol involved (VIDEO)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 10/01/2013 07:49 AM
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At least 3 cars were flipped during a cultural festival (Oktoberfest, aka beerfest) in La Crosse, WI. Police responded to areas surrounding the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's campus after multiple complaints of drunken festival goers "scoping out cars to flip."
Lieven also heard the group of men asking bystanders if they wanted to help them flip the car.
The La Crosse Police Department had officers on foot, on bike and in cars patrolling the campus neighborhoods during the Oktoberfest weekend, but the partyers still found a way to do some serious damage.
"The police on the bikes came around every five minutes, and they waited until they went down the street completely and turned up the street, and then they flipped the car," Lieven said.
Police on the scene said it may be difficult to track down who's responsible for the damage, since the weekend's festivities brought thousands of people from out of town.
All three cars were towed by Craig's Towing and Repairs of La Crosse. Bryan Bowman was one of the men assigned with the task of flipping back over the vehicles. He said it wasn't an easy one.
"It took three of us to push a yellow car, a Cavalier," Bowman said. "It was an officer, another one or two of our truck drivers, and myself to push it over. It took us rocking it to get it to go."
Both Bowman and Lieven witnessed the destruction Saturday night that left two out of three flipped cars impossible to drive. Both said they hope the partyers' actions don't reflect poorly on the Oktoberfest weekend as a whole.
Lieven also heard the group of men asking bystanders if they wanted to help them flip the car.
The La Crosse Police Department had officers on foot, on bike and in cars patrolling the campus neighborhoods during the Oktoberfest weekend, but the partyers still found a way to do some serious damage.
"The police on the bikes came around every five minutes, and they waited until they went down the street completely and turned up the street, and then they flipped the car," Lieven said.
Police on the scene said it may be difficult to track down who's responsible for the damage, since the weekend's festivities brought thousands of people from out of town.
All three cars were towed by Craig's Towing and Repairs of La Crosse. Bryan Bowman was one of the men assigned with the task of flipping back over the vehicles. He said it wasn't an easy one.
"It took three of us to push a yellow car, a Cavalier," Bowman said. "It was an officer, another one or two of our truck drivers, and myself to push it over. It took us rocking it to get it to go."
Both Bowman and Lieven witnessed the destruction Saturday night that left two out of three flipped cars impossible to drive. Both said they hope the partyers' actions don't reflect poorly on the Oktoberfest weekend as a whole.
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