Police say TSU senior athlete killed by illegal immigrant driving drunk
By Jared Allen, jallen@nashvillecitypaper.com and Nate Rau, sports correspondent
June 19, 2007

The latest fatal car crash allegedly committed at the hands of an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk has claimed the life of a Tennessee State University (TSU) senior member of the women’s track team, Metro Police said late Monday.

Joycelyn R. Gardiner, 22, was pronounced dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center at 4 a.m. Saturday, one hour and 15 minutes after her Pontiac Grand Prix was struck by a Ford Expedition driven by Victor Javier Benitez, 24, of 365 Paragon Mills Road, Apt. A-5, police said.

“The Expedition left no pre-crash skid marks,â€