Late Monday evening a young teen aged driver flipped his car on Mile Hill Road in Belmont, Massachusetts.
The road, all dirt as well as no street lights, is known to be treacherous if a driver is not paying attention or is going at excessive speeds. Jamie Peterson, 17, had a lead foot at nine o'clock Monday evening according to a resident of Mile Hill Road who witnessed the crash. "I've never seen a car going so fast on this road. It's a dirt road, and it's really easy to lose control."
Another driver on the road, Tom Carroll Jr. also 17, told police that one minute he was driving behind Peterson's car and the next they were flipped on their roof. This happened after Peterson increased his speed around a sharp corner, sending himself and his two female passengers into an embankment before ultimately flipping the car. Carroll also revealed to police that upon looking beneath the vehicle he saw at least three empty beer cans but this remains speculation at this point.
The rescue operation took a total of forty-five minutes to get the two passengers out of the vehicle who were trapped inside. The driver, Jamie Peterson, managed to get out of the totaled Mustang on his own. The passengers were then taken to Memorial hospital in Belmont where one remains in stable condition. The other had to be airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital in the city of Boston for further treatment. Her condition as well as her identity is still unknown.
Interestingly enough on December 24,1998 there was a horrible and fatal accident in the exact same spot where two individuals were killed. The combination of no lights, pavement and sharp corners provide treacherous conditions for any driver, never mind one that may or may not have been under the influence.
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- Chelsey
- I am an English/Journalism major at UNH hoping to eventually become an established writer as well as a professor. Writing has always been a great passion of mine and I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door with what is now a paid internship at Applaud Magazine, a nonprofit women’s publication. There I have learned the discipline with which it takes to be a writer as well as the skills needed to communicate with fellow writers and those being interviewed. Through life experiences, such as living in Israel last year, I have had the exposure to world issues which has only further increased my longing to be a part of the journalism community and inform others of the reality of our ever changing world.