Many drive like maniacs on Route 208 unless the driver was intoxicated.

I passed this accident on my way to work this morning. The car was just a mangled piece of metal. The way that car looked.....I am going to assume that speed also played a factor here. When are people going to learn not to drink and drive.

People should learn from this "fatal" mistake to slow down and be aware and considerate of other drivers and people. NO MATTER where you are going, that place will be there if your late but not if your dead. That poor dead person's family and the other one that had to get extracated from the car's families. THINK ABOUT IT!!!!! Prayers to all.

The 13,470 alcohol related driving fatalities in 2006 were virtually the same as compared to 13,451 alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in 1996. Ten years of no progress beating drunk driving.
2009 National Drunk Driving statistics:
*33,808 people were killed in driving accidents. Almost 1/3 of these deaths ~10,839 was a result of alcohol
*254,000 suffered injuries due to an alcohol related accident
*Drunk drivers kill someone approximately every 48 minutes
*181 children under 14 died in alcohol related accidents in 2009. 1/2 (92) were riding WITH THE ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVER!
*In 2009 147 million people reported that they have driven drunk that year BUT only 1.4 million people were arrested for driving under the influence. This is less than 1% of the amount self reported by adults.
1 in 3 people will be involved in an alcohol related crash in their liftetime.

Will we ever learn not to drive after drinking? Will we ever prevent people from driving after they were drinkin? Will we ever intervene someone who drinks too much???

Young people - all people have to realize that if you drink and drive your bound to die!..so why do it ?.... If you have money to drink you should have money for a cab . Or sleep it off Plz . To many innocent young people dying for nothing. WE LOVE YOU GEORGE! .. RIP..

Not only did the driver kill his passenger but he also gave himself a death sentence of living with the fact that he did so by driving while intoxicated!!

Place the car in frount of the Fair Lawn High School, so that the kids can get a good look at it.

I like Michelle Lynn passed this car on my way to work this morning. It is taking me many hours to get the same out of my head. I was horrified when I saw it and all I could wonder at that time is how in GOD's name did this happen, and not knowing the result of this accident I prayed for all involved. It could have been one of my children who are exactly the same ages as the specified ages of the driver and passenger. My heart sinks just thinking of the greif that has been stricken upon both familes. Their lives changed in an instant, and I feel for all of them. It was pretty obvious to me that either alcohol or mischief was a part of the same. I think for anyone that if you do the speed limit on Route 208, Rte 208 is a pretty safe highway, therefore, was the reason for my thoughts of alcohol and/or mischief.

@Nancy S.

This is so sad George was a close friend of mine.. I think they should punish people to the max when it comes to stuff like this

May god be with the famlies of both young men. I am a nurse and will still NEVER understand this type of tradegy. Drinking and driving is horrific. I agree, the car SHOULD be placed where kids can view it....perhaps the families will agree on it.

My prayers go out to the families.Please dont drink and drive,it can happen to any of us.

Another senseless death due to lack of good judgement. Heart breaks for the families, prayers to both. As a mom of a young adult close to the Hawthorne young adult tragedy a year ago... please take notice and learn!

I do not think that people should be giving their opinions on this! Does anyone realize that families were involved in this and in lieu of making an example you should actually have some damn sympathy for those involved. I unfortunately know both people involved and am saddened greatly by this. But what upsets me more are posts like the ones above. It was an accident regardless of what was involved- you SHOULD NOT put this where either family or friends of either person that was in the accident can view the car and be reminded of this horrific event.

Excuse me??? ACCIDENT. Mr, Skibicki willfully got into the car, Started the engine and drove off knowing he was impaired by drinking too much alcohol. It's premeditated vehicular homicide and nothing else.

I agree with Brit, There before the grace of God go I, which means judge not least you be judged. None of you have any right to be judging what happened and your turning a terrible tragedy that actually affects real living people into a frenzy for you posting your personal opinions about something that has nothing to do with any of you. I knew George and I know Luke too- he has to live with this none of you people should be condemning him for actions or even speaking on them in this terrible time of sorrow- shame on you! Who are you to judge him? Rest assured none of the parties involved are interested.

Also, everyone who is suggesting that we should take this car and make a spectacle about it like putting it on the lawn of a high school and make an example of it, I just want to remind you other people besides kids drive drunk and get into car accidents and even if they didn't offering to make a spectacle out of this when IT JUST happened and the family and friends of the deceased are reading these comments it doesn't ease their pain, it just makes you look like a douche bag.

I got a text from my best friend four years ago that said, "PJ was in an accident last night. He's dead." His friend was driving while drunk and he was dead. I was in the room when he was born, and I helped plan his funeral. We looked through his computer and found his college papers, photos with friends, jokes and dreams for the future. The reality was that she would never hug him again. She would never smell him again. He would never leave his dishes in the sink, or his shoes where she could trip over them. She left everything as it was for weeks and slept in his bed so she wouldn't miss the last lingering scent of her first born child.
PJ's close circle of friends is very careful about drinking and driving. They learned quite a lesson through my friend's tragic loss. I am sure it will be the same situation here. I just wish the lesson didn't have to be learned so many times.
My heart goes out to both sets of heartbroken parents. It's the worse case scenario for how we want our kid's lives to turn out.

Joe and Aldolpho it's in poor taste that you choose to turn this into an argument and it reveals your true colors. I spoke out in grief and defense on the death of a dear friend and my words fell on deaf ears when I spoke of not judging other people, including myself and including you. 

In a time of mourning you have shown flagrant disregard for life lost by turning this into a grindstone on which to sharpen your point. You talk about yourselves and your own selfish concerns and hide behind others, like the people who were out there that night doing their jobs, also whom like the deceased you probably don't know, and still for all this I will not Judge you. 

These boys were my friends an you don't need to school me in the rights and wrongs of society. It was a tragic and senseless accident and although freedom of speech might condone your antics, I do not. 

Bottom line you didn't know them, you aren't mourning them and this is not an arena for anti drunk driving agenda. 

Adolpho, thank you for pointing out the volunteers. It isn't easy being awoken from sleep, jumping out of bed, driving to your respected building to arrive at a scene words cannot express. Nothing is worse then not being able to save someone, "we" tried our hardest and did everything "we" could do. Something harder to deal with is "we" never see or hear from the persons involved or families, "we" are residents who go to school for months, train weekly to provide these services for free and take pride in everything we do. Thank you again finally someone realized "us."

It is everyone's business to comment when you have a situation where a drunk decides to drive his car at speed on a public road. He could have killed any one of us. The economic cost of this accident affects all of us through our taxes and our insurance premiums.

There seems to be two issues here. One of grieving: loss of family, friends, neighbors; needless loss of life. The other is trying to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
Yes we all mourn and have compassion for the grief of family and friends. My nephew was killed in a car accident in Ramsey. He bore my name.I see what it did to my family. I have seen coffins come down the aisle and mothers and fathers so full of grief that they did not know they were at their own child's funeral. Yes I have compassion and THAT is why I do not want to see it anymore. I do not want to read that yet another kid was driving drunk and killed themselves and or others. Yet another adult was driving drunk and killed themselves and or others. Kids got in the car at 2am after drinking and someone died and the same scenario will happen this 2 am somewhere in the US. Maybe it will involve 50 year olds or 18 year olds no different. Sorry~ While I offer my arms to the family and my shoulder for tears I will not sugar coat the outrage and rationalize "others do it too" or "maybe it wasn't alcohol related" Whatever it takes to prevent unnecessary death because someone was drinking should be done. ANYTHING. May the peace of the Lord be with this family.

Its, sad it a tragedy any way you look at it!!!! Give it a rest people.. I know you bored and got nothing else to do in your life other that comment and offer your great remarks on the internet..

For the families, I wish them a way to find peace and sense in the whole tragedy. I hope they can grieve and find a way to heal.

That being said though, there is a way to make good things come out of every bad situation. If the toxicology reports prove that the driver was indeed buzzed or intoxicated (just so we are not taking anyone's word for it), then we have a golden opportunity to educate people. The sad truth is, people respond better to shock/tragedies and are more apt think twice about drunken driving when it's been presented to them in a very personal yet horrifying method.

The idea of displaying the car is certainly gruesome for sure. I can agree that it's taste is questionable while a family is trying to mourn. But when some time passes and wounds start to heal and there is a small possibility that even one additional life might be saved by using this 'scare tactic'. it might be worth further investigating.

For now, let the families mourn. I do hope they can transform this pain into something positive for others at some point in the future. Everything from the American Cancer Socity, Susan G Komen foundation, MADD, and other great causes all originated from a source of pain.

In the meantime, anyone who reads this article... please be careful while doing ANYTHING after drinking.

look how about everyone stops all this nonsense everyone has their own opinion some peoples are better than others *cough* BRUCE *cough* *cough*. sure we all feel sorry for those who are affected but on the other hand they should have never went out drank as much as they did and then get into the car and drive. i mean anyone who does that signs their life away as soon as they turn that ignition on so the driver deserves to sit and rot away in jail and deal with the guilt of killing his friend and when that happens i call that good justice

and by the way this was no accident as Mr. Lyons said earlier the driver who is now facing a hefty penalty for his wrong doings willfully got into that drivers seat and started driving even though he knew he was intoxicated. if you have money for alcohol you have money for a taxi or something to that extent. if worse comes to worst walk ride a bicycle or something don't drive because you will not only endanger your own life or whoever else is in your car but you are also endangering people who are out on the roadway in other vehicles. just think about this if there was someone in the way and the driver hit and killed them also he would be charged with life without possibility of parole. so this was NO accident and i am very happy that the driver will be sent to jail for this so he cannot make that choice to drive intoxicated again.

Without the doubt is was the drivers fault, and he should face the consequences of his own actions, and hopefully they will make an example so whoever thinks of driving intoxicated should think twice..
I just have two questions, what would happen if this guy was the son of a wealthy businessman or a powerful lawyer would he had been charged ?
Second, why the passenger chose to take a ride from a drunk man ? We all said he should've driven, but the passenger shouldn't gotten in that car either..

It sad that ended this way.. I hope their families find closure, but regardless if the driver goes to jail or not wont brink him back..

Funny how you all jumped too blame the kid before the toxology report. He wasent drinking and the manslaughter charges were dropped. lol self rightious morons

never assume....it makes an ASS out of U and ME.

erik check article again this person is being charged with second degree vehicular homicide,DWI and reckless driving moron.

i was hoping for a sense of community here. we don't have to agree, but we should be sensitive & respectful.
luke was a 22 year old kid. yes, his age makes him an "adult," but do you remember being 22? having that immature sense of invincibility, of thinking nothing that bad can happen to you? luke made the choice to get behind the wheel & greg made the choice to get in the car. both parties were wrong. young & reckless. but - how is it not clear to you that luke or greg could so easily be you or someone you know?
back when i was in HS we had a special assembly with a convicted DUI offender, who spoke of the pain of his accident--his own injuries, the death of his sister--& that had much more of an impact on us, as teens, than any statistics or viewings of wrecked cars. if there's any good that can come of this, it's luke helping others not make the same mistakes he did. not spreading hate. not giving up on him as a fellow human being. i'm not saying that any drunk driver should go unpunished, but we shouldn't immediately jump on a bandwagon to stone the person to death (of course, i'm being a little dramatic here, but hopefully you get the point).
we should focus on sending love to both families & thinking about a way that teens can ACTUALLY learn from this (not by grotesquely displaying the car while the accident is still so fresh for those affected).
no one here has a right to judge. if you have nothing to offer but hate, you should really reconsider your priorities.

@Rita Jansen: rita we shouldn't be sensitive about this subject if you look up the records of drunk driving accidents most if not all drunk drivers survive and the innocent die. unfortunately those "kids" as you say were both under the influence of alcohol. i honestly think that anyone who gives these guys sympathy for their stupid and retarded actions there was no reason for them to get behind that wheel whatsoever. and we all have the right to judge a criminal.

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