crash_reports: 1900000146

OPERATOR OF MV 1 STATED SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON CRAFTS ST WHEN SUDDENLY MV 2 FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN LOCATED AT WALNUT ST AND CRAFTS ST, STRIKING HER VEHICLE ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE. OPERATOR AND PASSENGER OF MV 1 STATED THAT MV 2 NEVER STOPPED TO SEE IF THEY WERE INJURED OR EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND CONTINUED ON CRAFTS ST EVENTUALLY TURNING RIGHT ONTO CALIFORNIA ST. MV 2 COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A WHITE COMCAST VAN WITH A LADDER ON THE ROOF. THERE WAS ALSO A WITNESS TO THE HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED AS RYAN WALSH WHO STATED HE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON CRAFTS ST WHEN MV 2 FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, CAUSING HIM TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID A COLLISION. WALSH ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WHO BLEW THE STOP SIGN AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT WAS A COMCAST VEHICLE. I CONTACTED COMCAST SUPERVISOR BRIAN DELANO (617 756 6293) WHO WORKS OUT OF THE NATICK OFFICE AND IS IN CHARGE OF EMPLOYEES IN NEWTON. HE STATED HE LOOKED AT GPS RECORDS AND STATED ONLY ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES WAS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH AND HE WAS STATIONARY AT ADDRESS ON MELVILLE AVE. I ALSO CALLED JOHN MCGUINNESS WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR FOR COMCAST WORKING IN WESTON, WALTHAM AND WATERTOWN AREAS. I LEFT A VOICEMAIL FOR HIM TO CALL ME BACK. I RECEIVED A CALL BACK FROM JOHN MCGUINNESS WHO RELAYED TO ME THAT HE SENT A MESSAGE OUT TO ALL OF HIS EMPLOYEES INQUIRING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT IN QUESTION AND ONE OF HIS DRIVERS CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS THE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. I MET WITH HIM WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS CAMDEN DUQUETTE AND HE STATED THAT HE STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN, PROCEEDED FORWARD AND DIDN'T SEE A TRUCK COMING ON HIS LEFT. HE STATED HE WAS ABLE TO AVOID THE FIRST CAR AND DIDN'T REALIZE HE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE (STATED HE THOUGHT HE STRUCK THE CURB).THERE WAS DAMAGE ON HIS PASSENGER SIDE CONSISTENT WITH STRIKING A VEHICLE AND NOT THE CURB. AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION HE WAS ISSUED MA UNIFORM CITATION T1441118 FOR CH .90 S. 24 LEAVING SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT (PROPERTY DAMAGE) AND CH. 89 S. 9 FTC STOP SIGN.