You can’t have a major sporting event in America without the prerequisites: plenty of food, good people and, of course, an unlimited supply of alcohol. This year’s Super Bowl marks the first time in almost two decades that a California team returns to the “big game” which was held in New Orleans.

As Bourbon Street happily welcomed Tailgaters America for a good ole Creole feast of jazz music, rye whiskey and crayfish jambalaya, the mix of Super Bowl excitement and southern merriment can lead to a tragic fatal accident the next morning like one that happened to a Los Angeles couple on their way back from watching the game live.

The aunt and uncle of San Francisco’s very own Delanie Walker were killed the day after the Super Bowl in an early morning crash on Interstate 10. They were the victims of what police believes to be a case of negligence and drunk driving.

According to sources, the couple, from Pomona in Los Angeles County, where driving back to California when they stopped on the shoulder of the interstate. The accused drunk driver veered off the highway into the victims. Both vehicles burst into flames. The accused got out only with minor injuries but the couple was found dead after the fire was put out.

Investigators believed that the Texas woman was impaired at the time of the accidents. The woman is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated and reckless operation of a motor vehicle. She is currently held in a local Parish prison.

Alcohol-impaired driving accounts for the death of more than 10,000 people in 2010. California and Texas leads the U.S. for the most reported cases and deaths. Despite, efforts to encourage designated driving, bar key-keeping and a zero tolerance policy for all drunk drivers, the cases are increasing each year.