Dominic’s relentless reign on the pitch – and in his own life – came to a tragic end when a classmate (who had been partying prior to Dominic meeting up with him) found his judgment so impaired that he ran a red light at an intersection that involved an off-ramp of a busy highway.

Did the driver not see the red light? Did he think he could run it? That detail doesn’t matter.

What matters is that at the same time, a large semi-truck approached the intersection with the right-of-way and at the prescribed speed limit.

Because of a series of bad decisions, starting with procuring alcohol and marijuana, the classmate ended up killing Dominic, physically and permanently injuring two more friends, sending the fourth friend into forever mental anguish, and reliving nightmares himself that may never go away.