crash_reports

Oper of veh # 1 and both occupants state that veh # 1 was pulled over to the side of Union Street (public way in city of Newton) waiting as someone was pulling out of a street parking spot when it was hit by veh # 2 who was traveling EB on Union Street. All occupants of the vehicle felt the collision which caused minor damage. They stated the blue Subaru kept going but went around the block and stopped near vehicle to see if there was damage to MV #1, When Oper 2 realized they were taking picture of his vehicle he fled the area without talking to anyone involved. They described Oper #2 as an Asian male, Veh # 2 was registered to an Asian male. Tried contacting owner of veh 2 however listed number was invalid. Citation mailed to Oper # 2 for leaving the scene of property damage.

MV1 a City of Newton school bus was stopped southbound on Parker St at Rte 9 east to turn left onto the ramp. MV2 began passing the bus on the right when the bus turned left onto the ramp. The right rear corner of the bus struck the front left wheel well of MV2. I took pictures of the damage to MV2 and TOT IT. I spoke with Regina Moody of transportation and she put me in contact with the driver of a bus who was in the area at the time of the MVA. On Thursday I met with Joseph Montuna who was in the area at the time of the MVA. His bus is 362. The side of his bus says Eastern Bus Company. It does not say Newton Public Schools anywhere visible. I looked at the right rear of the bus that would have come into contact with the MV. There was not even a smudge on the bumper. I am not positive that this is the bus involved. I have attempted to contact MV2 for clarification to positively ID the correct bus. The number provided goes directly to VM which is full. It is possible that this was a non Newton school bus involved that I am unable to identify.

The operator of MV1 (NAKAWUNGU, Nisha) stated that she was traveling Southbound on West St. and pulled over the sidewalk to park on the front lawn of 78 West St. She stated once on the lawn, she must have hit the gas instead of the brakes, and the vehicle then proceeded forward to the right, crossing over West St. into the fence of 77 West St. The fence and bushes sustained damage and photos were taken and submitted to the IT bureau to be attached to this report. No injuries were reported and the vehicle was not towed from the scene. Upon further investigation NAKAWUNGU, Nisha is being charged with Ch. 90 Sec. 10 Unlicensed Operation and Ch. 89 Sec.4A Marked Lanes Violation. See incident report #19014615.

ON THIS DATE I RESPONDED TO 5 MEADOWBROOK RD, FOR A REPORT OF AN AUTO ACCIDENT (SEE INCIDENT REPORT #19018289). THE CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE WHO WERE ON-SCENE. ON-SCENE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL WERE CAPTAIN DOWLING AND TRAFFIC SERGEANT LEE. CATALDO MEDIC 2 AND AMBULANCE 1 ARRIVED ON-SCENE, SHORTLY AFTER I DID. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A SILVER HONDA CIVIC WITH HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED MASSACHUSETTS REGISTRATION 7ZF784. TWO PEOPLE WERE STANDING BESIDE THE VEHICLE. A MAN AND A WOMEN SAID THEY HAD BEEN IN THE CAR. THE MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS BENJAMIN SMALL STATED HE HAD BEEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE WOMAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS KIMBERLY OAKES, STATED SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE OK OR NEEDED MEDICAL HELP AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT INJURED. THE MEDICS CHECKED OUT MR SMALL ( MEDICS ELISE GADANSKY AND ROBERT ANDERSON) WHICH INCLUDED CHECKING FOR LOW BLOOD SUGAR, DUE TO HIS INABILITY TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY. HIS BLOOD SUGAR CHECKED OUT FINE. I THEN ASKED MR SMALL WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON DEDHAM ST WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A WHITE MINI VAN CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE AND WAS HEADING TOWARDS HIM. HE STATED THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID A HEAD ON COLLISION, HE SWERVED RIGHT, OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE (LATER DETERMINED TO BE UTILITY POLE #60 LOCATED IN FRONT OF 556 DEDHAM STREET). HE STATED THAT HE PULLED OVER ONTO MEADOWBROOK RD. BOTH DEDHAM STREET AND MEADOWBROOK RD ARE PUBLIC WAYS IN THE CITY OF NEWTON. AS I WAS TALKING TO MR SMALL HE APPEARED TO SPEAK VERY SLOWLY, HE APPEARED TO BE LETHARGIC, BUT I COULD NOT DETECT ANY ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HIS BREATH. NEXT I SPOKE TO MS OAKES WHO STATED SHE IS MR SMALL'S GIRLFRIEND. SHE STATED SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE CAR. SHE ALSO STATED THAT MR SMALL WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE WHEN A VEHICLE HAD CUT THEM OFF FORCING THEM OFF THE ROAD INTO THE TELEPHONE POLE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE COULD NOT SMELL ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON HIS BREATH, CAPTAIN DOWLING REQUESTED THAT A DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT (DRE) BE CALLED TO THE SCENE. DISPATCH NOTIFIED SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS OF OUR NEED FOR A DRE. NOBODY WAS ABLE TO RESPOND. TRAFFIC OFFICER WADE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND PERFORMED A ROADSIDE ASSESSMENT ON MR SMALL. SEE HIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. BASED ON OFFICER WADES ROADSIDE ASSESSMENT AND MY ON-SCENE OBSERVATIONS, I PLACED MR SMALL UNDER ARREST FOR OUI DRUGS, MARKED LANES, AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A MV. MR SMALL WAS HANDCUFFED AND SEARCHED BY OFFICER WADE. PRIOR TO TRANSPORT, CRUISER 499 WAS SEARCHED BY OFFICER WADE FOR CONTRABAND WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. OFFICER WADE THEN PLACED MR SMALL INTO CRUISER 499 AND SEAT BELTED HIM. WHILE OFFICER WADE DID THIS, OFFICER WILSON AND I DID AN INVENTORY OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THE INVENTORY, 9 CVS PAPER PRESCRIPTION PRINTOUTS WERE FOUND. THEY WERE ALL IN MR SMALL'S NAME FOR THE DRUG "ADDERALL" (8) OR "KLONOPIN" (1). ALSO FOUND WAS A SMALL YELLOW PLASTIC PRESCRIPTION TYPE BOTTLE CONTAINING AN UNKNOWN LIQUID. OFFICER WILSON PLACED THE BOTTLE OF UNKNOWN LIQUID INTO A BAG AND HAD IT LATER EXAMINED AT THE NPD STATION BY DET. ROBINSON OF THE DRUG UNIT (HE DETERMINED IT TO BE NOT SUSPICIOUS AND IT WAS DISPOSED OF). THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED BY TODY'S TOWING. THE CVS PAPER PRESCRIPTION PRINTOUTS WERE REMOVED AND PLACED INTO PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE. TOWED MV AND PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE FORMS WERE FILLED OUT. PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE AND DAMAGED TELEPHONE POLE WERE TAKEN BY OFFICER WILSON. OFFICER WILSON TURNED THE DISC OVER TO DIRECTOR SMITH, WHO DOWNLOADED THEM. AFTER THE MV INVENTORY, I TRANSPORTED MR SMALL TO NEWTON POLICE FOR BOOKING. AT THE STATION MR SMALL WAS REMOVED FROM MY CRUISER AND THE CRUISER WAS AGAIN SEARCHED AND I FOUND NO CONTRABAND OR WEAPONS. HE WAS THEN PROCESSED BY OFFICER JASON SCHLEGEL, BOOKED BY SGT O'CONNELL, THEN PLACED INTO CELL #3. MR SMALL WAS ISSUED CITATION NUMBER T0645459, IN HAND FOR 1.) OUI DRUGS CH90 SEC24, 2.) MARKED LANES VIOLATION CH90 SEC4A, 3.) NEGLIGENT OPERATION CH90 SEC24E. AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FORM WAS FILLED OUT BY MYSELF AND A COPY OF THE REPORT ALONG WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLE CITATION WERE FAXED OVER TO THE MASSACHUSETTS REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

OPERATOR #1 REPORTS THAT HE WAS GOING E/B ON CENTRE AVE BY CENTRE ST WHEN VEHICLE #2 ENTERED HIS LANE STRIKING HIS VEHICLE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND FORCING HIS VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT RUN EAST TO WEST ALONG THE MASS PIKE. OPERATOR #2 STATED SHE WAS GOING E/B ON CENTRE AVE AND AS SHE WAS CHANGING LANES SHE COLLIDED WITH VEHICLE #1. THE IMPACT FORCED VEHICLE #1 OFF THE ROAD INTO A FENCE. OPERATOR #2 FURTHER STATED SHE LOOKED PRIOR TO CHANGING LANES AND NEVER SAW VEHICLE #1. PICTURES OF THE DAMAGED FENCE WERE TAKEN BY OFFICER MICHAEL BOUDREAU. UNKNOWN IF THE FENCE BELONGS TO THE CITY OR STATE.

On 3/16/20 I was dispatched to 127 Commonwealth Ave for a report of a MV(#1) crash into a fire hydrant. The operator left the scene and was shortly after identified as Mr Bai Lin Wu. Wu called NPD to report the crash once he arrived home. Ofc Ferguson took photos of the knocked over hydrant. City Water Dept was notified of the damage. I responded to Wu's residence. Wu stated he was travelling on the Commonwealth Ave W/B carriage road. Wu stated an unknown MV travelling behind him was trying to pass him on the left. Wu stated he turned to the right to allow the unknown MV to pass. Wu ran off the road to the right and struck the hydrant in front of #127 Comm Ave. Wu further stated he left because he was trying to get medication home as soon as possible to his ill wife. Wu's vehicle sustained moderate damage to the passenger side front end. Wu issued citation for CO Ch19/Sec75 failure to use care turning (went off road).

OPER OF MV#1 STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING EB ON LAGRANGE ST (#204), BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT, WHEN MV#2 APPROACHED WB, AND CROSSED THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES. MV#2 THEN STRUCK THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT END OF MV#1. OPER OF MV#2 STATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING WB ON LAGRANGE ST, BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT, AND DOES NOT RECALL HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. PASSENGER OF MV#2 STATED THAT THEY WERE TRAVELLING EB ON LAGRANGE ST, WHEN THEIR VEHICLE SLIGHTLY DRIFTED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES, AND STRUCK MV#1. PASSENGER #2 WAS TRAPPED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND WAS EXTRICATED BY NFD. BOTH VEHICLES TOWED BY TODYS WITH FRONT END DAMAGE. OFC GAUDET PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE.

On Sunday, April 14th 2020 at approximately 1811 hours I, Officer Newton, was sent to Boylston St at Margaret Rd for a vehicle that hit a stop sign and mailbox and proceeded down Margaret Rd. The RP was able to get the plate of the vehicle (MA Reg 2NHW21) which came back to the address of 60 Margaret Rd. Upon arrival Ofc Hatfield located the vehicle with front end damage and was speaking to the operator. The operator stated he was taking a right turn from Boylston St onto Margaret Rd and took the turn too wide and hit the USPS mailbox and the stop sign. He stated he was scared so he kept driving to his house. Pictures of the stop sign, parking sign, and mailbox were taken and submitted to IT. The vehicle was parked legally on the street and was not needed to be towed. Operator had minor cuts on his hand but declined medical attention. Operator was cited with MA Citation T2012820 for 90/24 Leaving The Scene of Property Damage and 89/4 Marked Lanes Violation.

On 05/15/2020, at 2100 hours, I responded to the area 399 Washington St. for a single vehicle accident. Upon arrival, I observed a red Toyota Highlander (MA Reg. 82F930) with heavy front end damage from colliding with and knocking down a cement light pole. The operator of the vehicle had fled the scene prior to our arrival. The registered owner is Orlin R. Aguilar. Inside the vehicle were 'Five Star Moving' logs indicating that Aguilar works at 95 Adams St. The route Aguilar would take home from his employer's address to his house in Chelsea would take him past the crash location. Chelsea PD was contacted to check on Aguilar's wellbeing. Ofc. Serrano of CPD located Aguilar in his apartment taking a shower. He appeared intoxicated with redness on his nose and face. Aguilar stated his car was stolen and he had no idea why it would be in Newton. Chelsea PD's wellbeing check was performed over a half hour after the accident and, according to GPS, Aguilar's home is 14 minutes from the crash location. Dispatch contacted Uber and Lyft to inquire if Aguilar was picked up in the area of the crash. There are also surveillance cameras outside of Honda Village across from the crash. Charges are pending further investigation of the ride-share info and surveillance footage. Pictures of the damage to the city pole and vehicle were emailed to IT. Tody's responded and towed the vehicle. Washington St. is a public way maintained by the City of Newton.

On 6/29/2020 at approx 0755Hrs while assigned to 497 I responded to the area of 18 Annawan Rd for a report of a hit and run. Upon arrival I met with resident of 18 Annawan Rd , Andrea Epstein, and her boyfriend Isaiah Mohammed . Epstein stated her fathers vehicle ,MA Reg 315SA6 was parked on the street in front of the home. Isaiah stated he was looking out the window when he witnessed a large black flatbed delivery vehicle backing up attempting to make the turn from Annawan to Waban Av when it struck the Epsteins vehicle, Isaiah stated he made eye contact with the white male driver who realized he had struck the car than accelerated away turning left onto Waban Av. They attempted to get a plate and found possible partial plate of 29866 and saw "Eastern...." imprinted on the side. Isaiah and Andrea related a neighbor whose name they didn't know followed the truck when it fled and got a picture of the license plate and they were awaiting the photo being forwarded to them, they were also going to forward photos from the Ring doorbell that captured the truck. I checked the area for construction sites with recent drop offs. I contacted Andrea who stated she had spoken with her neighbor at 70 Edgfield Rd, Patrick Nuzzi who stated he had just had a delivery of fencing delivered by Eastern Fence of Medford NY and upon seeing the photo from her Ring doorbell confirmed it was the same truck due to the empty spot on the flatbed where his fencing had been . I spoke with Patrick Nuzzi who stated he would get in touch with his contractor Amazing Gardens to get the truck drivers info and registration info. I was contacted via phone by an employee of Eastern Fencing LLC from 631-698-0975 Bob Eggerman , who stated he would review the dash cam footage and forward the operator and registration info. 6/30/2020 driver and reg info forwarded by Eggerman, report updated.

On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at approximately 1810 hours I responded to a single motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival I saw the vehicle completely off the roadway and in the middle of a grassed area next to a large tree. The operator of MV1 stated he was driving westbound on Kenrick St and attempted to take a left turn on Waverly Ave when he lost control of his car and drove over the curb and hit part of the tree. EMS arrived on scene and operator of MV1 signed a refusal. There was major damage to the front of the car making it inoperable. The vehicle was towed by Todys. Todys had to cut branches of the city tree to get the vehicle out. Pictures of the vehicle and tree have been submitted to IT.