Massachusetts Personal Injury News
Boston Man Charged in 7-Car Crash
A 21-year-old driver from Boston was cited in the Saturday night after-concert 7-car-crash that injured two pedestrians.
State police said the that Miguel Francis of Dorchester, Boston, lost control of his vehicle and drove onto a sidewalk on Route 1 in Foxboro, hitting two pedestrians and propelling them into parked cars, the Sun Chronicle reported.
The victims, a 43-year-old woman from Stratford, CT, and a juvenile male, whose names are yet to be released, landed on the sidewalk sustaining serious injuries.
According to the authorities, the injured woman was taken to Boston Medical Center, and the male was taken to Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Francis also suffered injuries, and was treated at Norwood Hospital for minor injuries.
Francis was cited for speeding, marked lanes violation, negligent operation and driving with defective equipment.
The accident involved seven cars: Francis’s car, three parked vehicles that the pedestrians propelled into, and three other parked vehicle that Francis hit in the crash. According to the reports, his car first struck the two pedestrians sending one flying into one parked vehicle, and the other into two parked vehicles. Francis also crashed into one other parked vehicle that got propelled into a second parked vehicle. His car then spun back onto Route 1 and hit another parked vehicle.
The accident occurred at 9:08 p.m. Route 1 North at North Street during a Saturday night concert headlined by the Eagles at Gillette Stadium less than a half-mile away.
