The Associated Press

BOSTON - New England Patriots fans turned rowdy after their team's Super Bowl victory, overturning cars and lighting small fires as thousands swarmed the streets. One person was killed when an alleged drunken driver drove his sport utility vehicle into a crowd.

In Kenmore Square, near Boston University, college-aged fans thronged the streets around garbage fires Sunday night. A local television station reported that one of its vans was vandalized, and the crew had to be escorted from the area by police.

Across town near Northeastern University, fans flipped about a half dozen cars.

An SUV struck several people early Monday, killing James Grabowski, 21, of West Newbury, and injuring three others, one critically. The SUV was stuck in a crowd of revelers when the driver put the car in reverse, then shifted into forward, striking pedestrians and a police officer, authorities said.

The driver, Stanley Filoma, 24, of Boston, was arrested a short distance away. He was arraigned Monday on charges including vehicular homicide while operating under the influence. Bail was set at $10,000.

In the city's busy Allston neighborhood, which is home to many students and has many bars and nightclubs, firefighters hosed down revelers to disperse the crowd. Temperatures were in the mid-20s.

Three people were arrested, police said. Crowds dispersed by about 1:30 a.m.

At the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, police in riot gear cleared a crowd of hundreds of fans after they set a fire and refused to disperse.

RATINGS: An estimated 89.6 million people watched the Patriots' Super Bowl victory, a slight increase from last year's game.

The game received a 41.3 rating and 63 share, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. The rating was up 1 percent from the 40.7 for Tampa Bay's 48-21 win over Oakland last year and was the highest since St. Louis' 23-16 win over Tennessee in 2000 got a 43.2.

The share for Sunday night's game was up 3 percent from last year's 61.

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