An accident that occurred on June 26 in Boston ended fatally for the 43-year-old Jose Puzul-Peres, whose minivan got struck head-on by a 21-year-old driver, Evan Hoffman, who was previously involved in another car accident in New York less than a year ago.
Hoffman’s records from the Registry of Motor Vehicles show that he was under a one-year license suspension due to the New York accident. However, he was able to get his license back on June 24th – only two days before he crashed his vehicle (a Jeep) into a minivan. Additionally, the June 26th crash happened only a few hours after Hoffman was arrested in Boston on charge of vandalizing cars.
On the day of the fatal crash, Hoffman was driving his Jeep Cherokee westbound on Beacon Street, when according to the police, he crossed into the eastbound lane, hitting Puzul-Peres’ minivan head-on. Hoffman was released to his parents’ custody and was not charged, even though Puzul-Peres died in the crash.
Short Chronology of Events:
- Hoffman gets his license suspended on June 23, 2009. He is placed on probation after he pleads guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol in Newton.
- Hoffman is in an accident in New York on October 19, 2009.
- Hoffman gets his license reinstated on June 24, 2010.
- He gets arrested at 3 a.m. on June 26 – about 3 hours before the fatal crash – after a Boston University employee reports that two men are smashing car windows on the BU campus on Beacon Street in Brighton. The two men flee before the police, however they catch Hoffman, and three witnesses say he smashed the vehicles’ windows with a belt. Hoffman gets arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and three counts of malicious destruction of property. However, he gets bailed out for $40 by a bail bondsman bailed him out at about 5 a.m.
- One hour after his release, Hoffman crashes his Jeep with a suspended registration into a minivan killing Puzul-Peres.
– The state indefinitely revokes Hoffman’s license on June 28th.
- The crash is under investigation and Hoffman is not been charged in connection with the crash.
