Family, friends 'shell-shocked' at tailgate death

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The mother of a woman who was killed in a tailgating accident at the Yale-Harvard football game says family and friends are stunned at the loss.

The New Haven Register reports Paula St. Pierre of Salem, Mass., said her daughter, Nancy Barry, came to New Haven to have fun with a longtime friend. She said "everybody's shell-shocked."

St. Pierre said Barry was a wonderful daughter, granddaughter, sister and aunt.

The 30-year-old Barry was at Yale Bowl Saturday with her friend, Sarah Short, a Yale student who is recovering from injuries from the Saturday incident.

St. Pierre said Barry and Short traveled to Spain and were planning a trip to Iceland after the holidays.

The lawyer for Brendan Ross, the student who drove the rented U-Haul, said the vehicle malfunctioned.

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Information from: New Haven Register