2 pedestrians killed in Massachusetts accident

On behalf of Aiken and Aiken P.C. Personal Injury Attorneys posted in Wrongful Death, on Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Two pedestrians were killed as a result of a two-vehicle Massachusetts collision on June 21. The fatal accident occurred when one of the vehicles ran a red light and struck another car, causing the second vehicle to strike the pedestrians. Two people faced charges for their roles in the accident. The accident occurred in the Back Bay in Boston at about 9:15 p.m. A 26-year-old Allston driver reportedly ran a red light at the intersection of Beacon St. and Fairfield St. The car struck another vehicle, which then rolled over and hit the 28-year-old man and 27-year-old woman who were walking nearby. The 28-year-old pedestrian died at the scene of the crash. An emergency crew transported the 27-year-old woman to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she later died. Two of the vehicles’ occupants were taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with undisclosed but non-life-threatening injuries. The 29-year-old Allston man who was a passenger in the car that ran the red light initially told police he was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident. However, police eventually said that the 26-year-old, did not have driver’s license, was driving. Officers charged the driver with two counts of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. The 29-year-old man faced a charge of misleading investigators for claiming that he was driving the vehicle. It is possible that the families of the pedestrians who died in this accident are eligible to file wrongful death claims against the driver of the car that ran the red light. Personal injury attorneys could help families of fatal accident victims seek compensation from negligent drivers through such actions. Source: The Boston Globe, ‘Police seek charges against driver in fatal Back Bay crash,” Travis Andersen and Peter Schworm, June 23, 2014 Source: Boston.com, “Second pedestrian dies following Back Bay crash,” Shannon McMahon, June 22, 2014 Source: Boston.com, “Boston Globe: Police Charge 2 in Fatal Back Bay Crash“, Roberto Scalese, June 23, 2014