Widows Walk 1998
Documentary produced from 1996 - 1998 by Charles Field, Jr. featuring the design, construction, and intent of Widow's Walk, an 18-hole public golf course located in Scituate, MA.
Deadly accident in Scituate due to bad choice, family says
By Jennifer Mann
The Patriot Ledger
SCITUATE -- Family and friends say Ryan Fay was a good guy who made a bad choice.
The 22-year-old died late Tuesday after crashing at a high speed into two trees on the Driftway in Scituate. Police are investigating whether Fay, of Cairo Circle, was racing with his two best friends.
Fay's parents hope others will learn from what they called a tragic mistake.
If Ryan's loss and our loss can help someone, that's important, said his father, Jerry Fay.
His mother, Becky Fay, said thankfully nobody else was hurt.
Ryan couldn't have lived with that, if he had hurt someone else, she said.
Police Lt. Michael Stewart said speed was a factor in the crash and alcohol may also have been involved.
He said Fay lost control of the pickup truck he was driving after passing two of his friends' cars near a curve in the two-lane road.
We're interested in seeing whether there were witnesses to the fact that these cars were flying down Driftway, fooling around, Stewart said.
The group had been at T.K. O'Malley's Harborfront Sports Cafe in Scituate Harbor before the accident, Fay's family said.
A general manager at the pub, who declined to give his name, would not say whether Fay and the others had been served alcohol.
The Plymouth County District Attorney's office and a state police accident reconstruction team are also investigating.
Stewart said it appears one of the other cars, driven by 23-year-old Schuyler Laney of 104 Satuit Trail in Scituate, had passed Fay's truck. Fay then crossed into the oncoming lane to pass Laney's vehicle and a third vehicle.
It appears the victim had made an attempt to pass those two vehicles between Widow's Walk (golf course) and the town dump at a high rate of speed, Stewart said. As he came upon Ladds Way, it appears he encountered a vehicle traveling east on Driftway. That vehicle had to make an evasive move (and skidded onto the sidewalk.)
Fay pulled back into the westbound lane and steered sharply to avoid hitting another car traveling in the same direction. His pickup truck struck a tree on the passenger side, then hit another tree on the driver's side, across the street from the Life Care Center of the South Shore nursing home at 309 Driftway.
Fay was dead when authorities arrived at about 11 p.m. Rescue crews used a hydraulic saw to remove his body from the truck.
Laney and his twin brother, Samuel, a passenger in his car, were arrested at the scene on charges of disorderly conduct. Stewart said Schuyler Laney was also charged with interfering with firefighters as they worked to remove Fay from the truck, assault and battery for allegedly punching a police officer and possession of marijuana.
A young woman driving the third car was taken into protective custody.
The Laneys pleaded not guilty to all charges Wednesday in Hingham District Court. They are scheduled to appear back in court Sept. 29.
This was their best friend -- both of them -- and they've known him since grade school, said Tom Laney, the twins' father. It was just a horrific blow. That's why they flipped.
All three men graduated from Scituate High School in 2003.
In the last 10 years, 10 Scituate residents under age 23 have died in car crashes.
Police Chief Brian Stewart said these tragedies continue to occur despite safety programs in the schools. But the frequency of auto accidents involving young people in Scituate is not unlike accident rates in other towns.
It never ceases to amaze me, he said. Just a bad decision really, and this is the result.
Jennifer Mann may be reached at jmann@ledger.com.
Scituate Board of Selectmen Meeting February 15, 2012
Board of Seletmen
TOWN OF SCITUATE MASSACHUSETTS
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
SELECTMEN'S CHAMBERS -- TOWN HALL
7:00 PM
1. 7:00 PM/ MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
2. ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA/ WALK-IN PERIOD
3. DISCUSSION/ Scituate Veterans Advisory Council By-Laws/ J. Kelley
4. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ Temporary Wine & Malt Beverages License/ Mass. Bay Guides
5. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ St. Patrick's Day Parade Special Permit (a) parade (b) temporary Wine & Malt Beverages License After Party
6. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ SEWER ABATEMENT/ P. Mirabito/ First Cliff Properties
7. DISCUSSION/VOTE/ AWARD CONTRACT/ Food & Beverage Operation/ Widow's Walk Golf Course
8. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ MAPC Grant Application Support Letter/ L. Harbottle
9. DISCUSSION/VOTE/ FY13 BUDGETS & ARTICLES
- 300 School Department
- 145 Treasurer/Collector
- 914 Health Insurance
- 911 Plymouth County Retirement
- 910 Non-Contributory Pension
- 916 Federal Taxes
- 720 Debt & Interest
- 158 Tax Foreclosure
Annual Town Meeting Articles
- Demolition Delay/ Historic Commission
- Nuclear Safety Issue
10. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ DRAINLAYER LICENSE RENEWALS
11. DISCUSSION/VOTE/ CLASS II LICENSE RENEWAL/ Alan's Auto Body/ N. Scituate
12. DISCUSSION/ VOTE/ OPEN & CLOSE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
13. REPORT/ TOWN ADMINISTRATOR
- Discussion/ Vote Driftway Project
14. OTHER BUSINESS
15. CORRESPONDENCE
16. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (Union) -- Executive Session
17. ADJOURNMENT
Anthony V. Vegnani, Chairman
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