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| Photo of Ron Gravel. Taken from http://www.gofundme.com/rongravel |
By: Markus Noé
This past Monday at Diamond Billiards Sports Bar & Grill in Cape Coral, Florida a tragedy happened resulting in one death. According to reports it was about 5:00 PM when 75 year old William Gulliver was asked to leave the establishment after being inappropriate with one of the waitresses. It was only a few moments after Gulliver vacated the premises when his truck came crashing through the window pinning three people against the bar.
The three victims were Ronald Gravel, 60, of Cape Coral, Tracy Marie Booker, 52, of Cape Coral and 58-year-old Linda Girard. Booker sustained serious injuries while Girard suffered minor injuries and unfortunately Gravel died as a result of his injuries. It is still uncertain whether this was some sort of strange accident or a direct violent act of a crazed individual. Gulliver is claiming he does not know how the truck jumped the curb and crashed into the pool hall. He was only served two beers before being asked to leave however police are saying that alcohol was a factor.
Gravel was the cook at Diamond Billiards Sports Bar & Grill as well as a long time player and immense fan of the game. In an unconfirmed report, Mosconi Cup team member Justin Hall was apparently present at the time of the incident and might have been hit with some of the debris.
Friends of Gravel have set up a "Go Fund Me" account to help his family pay for expenses. They are looking for $15,000 and in just a few short days after this tragedy they have already raised over $8,000. It does not matter if this happened in Florida or a room in England, the pool community is a very small tight knit one and something like this affects us all. Thus I invite everyone to this page http://www.gofundme.com/rongravel and donate what you can.
For the full story here is a link from a local media outlet http://www.nbc-2.com/story/29590773/three-injured-as-vehicle-plows-through-cape-coral-business#.Va_EgvlViko
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