Monday evening three teenagers were involved in a car crash on Mile Hill Rd. in Belmont Massachusetts, when their speeding car hit an embankment and flipped onto its roof.
Local 17-year-old Jamie Peterson, the driver of the car, was able to crawl out on his own and refused treatment at the scene, while it took rescuers 45 minutes to retrieve the other two female passengers, according to Belmont Officials. Both were taken to Memorial Hospital in Belmont were one remains in stable condition while the other was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston says Hospital officials.
Josie M. Crandall resident art 27 Mile Hill Road was the first to see the accident and place the call to the police. “I’ve never seen a car going so fast on this road,” she said. “It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.”
A driver behind the car was also the first one to scene after the accident. Another local 17-year-old Tom Carroll was driving behind Peterson when the car suddenly sped up and turned the corner. “I thought the worst. They were flying,” he said. The next time he saw the car, it was on its roof. “You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road.”
Although there were empty beer cans found in the car, police will be doing a further investigation on whether or not alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident according to Lt. Judith Barkus of the Belmont Police Department.
Since the fatal 1998 crash on Mile Hill Rd. police have encouraged save and cautious driving on such difficult roads and will continue in hopes of preventing another accident of this magnitude.
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