Class Assignment- 2/4

Who- Three people- 17 year old Jamie Peterson and two young female passengers
What- Car Accident
When- Monday evening
Where- Mile Hill Road in Belmont, Massachusetts
Why- Accident likely due to speeding and lack of street lights
How- Car swerved off road, hit embankment, and flipped over
So what- Local, site of previous accident

2 Injured When Car Flips on Mile Hill Road

A car swerved off the road, hit an embankment, and flipped over along Mile Hill Road in Belmont approximately 9 pm Monday evening, injuring two of the three young passengers inside.
The two female passengers, who have not yet been identified, were trapped inside the crushed car, and had to be rescued with the jaws of life, a process which took 45 minutes. Both victims were taken to Memorial Hospital in Belmont. One remains there in stable condition. The other was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.

The driver of the white Ford Mustang, seventeen-year-old Jamie Peterson of Belmont, was unhurt, and managed to crawl out of the car on his own, according to Lieutenant Judith Barkus of the Belmont Police Department.

Josie M. Crandall saw the accident from her house at 27 Mile Rd and called police.“I’ve never seen a car going so fast on this road,” Crandall said. “It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.”

Tom Carroll Jr., 17, was driving on Mile Hill Road at the time, and was the first on the scene.“I thought the worst,” Carroll said. “They were flying. It’s hard to see kids your age in something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road.”

Mile Hill Road has no streetlights. There was a fatal accident at this same sport December 24, 1998. Two people were killed in that accident.