Class Assignment 2/10

Two teenagers were injured Monday night when the white Mustang they were riding in flipped off of Mile Hill Rd in Belmont, Massachusetts and landed on its roof. Jamie Peterson, 17, of Elm Street was the driver and managed to crawl from the car under his own power. He was relatively unharmed. The two passengers, who have yet to be identified were pulled from the car with use of the Jaws of Life and taken to Memorial Hospital.
According to Lt. Judith Barkus of the Belmont Police Department, the passengers were both young girls. One of the young girls is in stable condition; the other was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston.
Josie M. Crandall saw the accident from her home on 27 Mile High Rd. and immediately called the police. Crandall said, “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.” Tom Carroll Jr., 17, was on the same road that night and first on the scene. Tom told police that he was driving behind the Mustang in his pick-up truck, when they suddenly sped ahead around a curve. The next thing time he saw the car, it was flipped on its roof. Tom said, “I thought the worst. They were flying. It’s hard to see kids your age in something like this.”
Tom also told police he saw a couple of empty Budweiser cans in the car when he approached to check on the people inside.
This is the second type of accident on Mile High Road. In December of 1998, two people were killed in the same spot. Mile High Rd. has no streetlights, which could be a factor in the rate of accidents happening at this spot.