lunes, 19 de agosto de 2013

Woman killed, son hurt in Quincy car crash - Boston.com

QUINCY - Authorities are investigating a bizarre crash this morning that left a woman dead, her adult son injured and the woman's husband stepping in front of a neighbor's car to plead for someone to call 911.

The incident took place around 7:45 a.m. today in the 1100 block of Sea Street near the intersection with Wall Street in the Hough's Neck neighborhood of the South Shore city, according to Quincy police and Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey.

The woman was identified by Morrissey's office as Beatrice Rivard of 1173 Sea St.

Her husband - whose name was not released - was being questioned at the Quincy police station by Quincy and State Police, Morrissey spokesman David Traub said in a statement. Authorities believe the man "was within the car'' at the time of the crash, but are not certain what role he played in the fatal crash.

Neighbor Michelle Whalen said she was driving her two children to school today when the distraught husband jumped in front of her car, pleading with her to call 911.

Whalen said she did call 911 and then looked over onto Sea Street where the incident happened. She said only a small portion of the woman's body was visible, the rest was obscured by the car covering her.

Rivard's husband, whom she believes is in his 60s or 70s, was overwhelmed by his grief.

"He was shocked. He was horrified. He was distraught,'' said Whelan, who wiped tears from her eyes as she spoke today a few feet away from the crash scene near the victim's home. "She wasn't moving.''

Whalen said an adult child of the couple, who appears to have been disabled, was also struck in the incident. She said that when she looked over, one of the son's legs was also trapped underneath the car. His condition was not released.

According to Whalen and neighbor Brendan Bergstrom, Quincy firefighters arrived quickly on the scene, but did not have the equipment needed to quickly lift the Lincoln Continental off of the victim.

Bergstrorm, a mechanic, rushed over with his own jack, which he then helped firefighters deploy in the frantic effort to help the woman.

"I jacked up the car,'' said Bergstrom. "It was a gruesome sight.''

Whalen said she took her two children to school, but then went and brought them home because they were so shaken by the tragedy they witnessed today.

"It's an awful thing to happen to that family,'' Whalen said. "It's sad. It's horrible.''

Katheleen Conti can be reached at kconti@globe.com

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