crash_reports

Motor vehicle 1 (MV1) was parked facing southeast in front of 97 Union Street, when unknown motor vehicle 2 (MV2), sideswiped MV1 and then left the area. As a result of the crash, the passengers side, side view mirror was ripped of MV1. MV2 likely sustained minor drivers side damage. The reporting party, Gianfranco Palestro, heard the collision and believes that MV2 was a dark colored SUV, but was unable to get a license plate number. I was unable to check if any of the local businesses had security cameras that may have captured the crash as they were all closed for the night.

MV1 operator states he was driving around the Newton Corner Rotary and approached the merge at the beginning of the bridge to change lanes to head towards Waltham/Watertown, when MV2 collided with his vehicle. Damage was observed on the front passenger door. No injuries reported. MV2 operator states she was driving on Washington St and approached the merge at the beginning of the bridge to change lanes and head onto the Mass Pike W-Bound, when MV1 collided with her vehicle. Damage was observed on the front drivers side bumper. MV2 operator reported having whiplash but signed a medical refusal and was not transported to the hospital. I then cleared without further incident. The main crash factor was due to the weather being a heavy rain storm at night. It should be noted there is a yield sign facing MV1s incoming direction.

On 05/04/19 at approximately 09:47 a citizen called in a vehicle that was parked on Elinor Rd near Woodcliff Rd with heavy damage. The anonymous caller stated the car had been parked there for at least 4 hours. Upon arrival Mass Reg #4FJ861 a 2004 Grey Honda Accord was spotted parked crooked in the road with its back bumper missing, bent drivers side rim and flat tire and large dent in the middle of the front bumper. Dispatch was able to get in touch with the vehicle owner Jaleh Jalili who stated her son Pouya Jalili was driving her car last night. While canvassing the neighborhood of Elinor Rd , Sgt. O'Connell was able to find a tire marks on a lawn and a downed "Sharp Bend" sign in front of #273 Dedham St. This crash site is approximately 1/4 mile away from where the parked car was found. I went to #273 Dedham St and witnessed fresh tire marks that went up on the curb onto the lawn of #273 Dedham St, over a vacant sign post hole and then a "Sharp Bend" sign that was half bent and then resting in the South brake down lane of Dedham St.. There was also a plastic black part of a car along with two (2) metal parts to the under side heat shield of an exhaust. The owner of #273 Dedham St was not home so I left a message on his door regarding this incident. Tody's was called and David showed up and towed the car from the scene. Officer Hagopian went to the residence of Pouya Jalili and spoke with him. Pouya told Officer Hagopian that he was involved in a spin out somewhere on Rt 9. in Wellesley and his bumper became detached. He then pulled into the CVS in Newton at #978 Boylston St where he pulled his bumper the rest of the way off. He then told Officer Hagopian that he continued down Rt 9 until he realized his car wouldn't make it any further and that's when he pulled off and parked on Elinor Rd. He then called a friend to pick him up and drive him home. On the way back to the station I stopped by #978 Boylston St with Officer Benes. He found a Grey rear bumper which is believed to belong to Pouya Jalili's car. I called David Donahue (Tow Driver) and asked that he look under the Honda to see if it had its heat shield. Donahue responded back that Mass Reg# 4FJ861 was missing its heat shield. I then drove to #93 Waltham St and spoke with Pouya Jalili with his mother Jaleh present. Pouya restated the same story he told Officer Hagopian and that he never struck anything in Newton nor was he drinking. Pouya said he might have been in a rush because he wanted to get home before his junior operator curfew. After finishing my interview with Pouya, I went to my cruiser and wrote Mass Criminal Citation #T1444231 for Ch 90/ Sec 24-Leaving the Scene of Property Damage (lawn and sign damage), Ch 90 / Sec 24-Operating to Endanger(putting the public at risk by driving up on the sidewalk) and Ch 89/ Sec 4a- Marked Lanes Violation (crossing Dedham St marked double yellow lines) and handed it to Pouya. I took pictures of the scene where the car was found, the crash site at #273 Dedham St and the bumper found at CVS and placed the disk in an envelope. The envelope was t.o.t. our I.T. Bureau for attachment to this report. Jaleh said her son was returning to Alabama tomorrow to finish high school and then he would be attending The University of Alabama in the Fall. I advised Jaleh about the Criminal Application process. As of today 05/04/19, Pouya has an active Massachusetts License and no B.O.P..Wellesley P.D. was notified of this incident in case they came across new damage on Rt 9.

Operator of MV1 states he was traveling northbound on Lowell Ave when he hit MV2 in front of 490 Lowell Ave. Operator of MV1 states he was coming from work and only got 2 hours of sleep last night and must have "dozed off" and hit MV2. Operator of MV1 had minor facial and hand injuries, but signed a patient refusal with the medics. MV1 sustained air bag deployment, heavy front end damage and was towed by Tody's. Operator of MV2 was home during the crash and was made aware of the damage to her vehicle. MV2 sustained heavy rear end damage and towed by Tody's.

At approximately 1645HRs on Tuesday, 01/07/2020, I was dispatched to 325 Boylston St. (Sunoco Gas) for a report of a hit and run motor vehicle crash. Upon arrival, I spoke with the operator of MV1 (MA Veteran:J706), who stated that as he sat stationary in his vehicle just before entering pump: 3, MV2 backed up from pump: 1 and struck MV1 in the front bumper, despite him activating his horn and keeping it active as she continued to back up. The operator of MV1 then approached the driver's side door of MV2 to exchange information, however the operator of MV2 drove off; the operator of MV1 provided MA Pass: 8SV842 being attached to MV2 and I noted damage to the front bumper of MV1. I spoke to witness 1 via phone and he concurred with the operator of MV1's account of the incident. It should be noted that witness 1 could see the crash well from his vantage point by pump: 2. The operator of MV2 could not be reached by this officer for comment. Natick PD responded to the operator of MV2's residence and observed damage to MV2's rear bumper. They requested the operator of MV2 contact me via phone and she stated she would; Natick PD did not get a contact number for her. Natick PD informed us to expect her call and a few minutes later, dispatcher Kelly stated that she received a call from the operator of MV2, who immediately hung up once the call was answered. It should be noted that since she called on the business line and immediately hung up, we were not able to retrieve her phone number as the system does not store it. Due to the operator of MV2 failing to provide her information after the crash/fleeing the scene and her not being cooperative with my investigation, I have issued her by mail MA Criminal Citation:T2013367 for violating one count of MGL. Ch. 90 S. 24 (Leaving The Scene Of An Accident After Property Damage). Note: the clerk at Sunoco stated that the cameras at the pumps do not store footage. **Update** At approximately 1540HRs on Thursday, 01/07/2020, I spoke with the operator of MV2 via telephone. She contacted the Newton Police Traffic Bureau and provided her phone number, who in turn forwarded it to me. She stated to me that on the night in question, she was at the pumps and the pump she initially wished to use (pump: 1) had a sign on it to pay inside. She then elected not to use said pump and backed her car up and heard the operator of MV1 activate his horn. She stopped and was unaware that she struck MV1. When she saw the operator of MV 1 exit his vehicle, she assumed he was going to pump gas. She then stated she left the gas station because she was frustrated and did not intend to leave the scene of an accident. I advised the operator of MV2 that since I was unable to speak with her that night, I had already issued her MA Criminal Citation:T2013367 for violating one count of MGL. Ch. 90 S. 24 (Leaving The Scene Of An Accident After Property Damage) via mail and advised her how to proceed.

The owner of Operator 1 stated that she parked vehicle 1 in the garage of 160 Boylston St last night. When she returned to her vehicle this morning she noticed that the front driverside fender and bumper was damaged. At this time there in no information on vehicle 2. Vehicle 1 sustained minor damage.

On Saturday 6/27/20 at approximatly 0700 hours while assigned to marked unit n499 I was dispatched to the parking lot of 188 Florence Street (Heathwood Rehab) for a report of a motor vehicle that backed into a pipe comng from the building. Upon arrival I observed the vehicle had backed from a parking spot at 188 Florence Street into the rear building of 160 Boylston Street striking the gas meter. I could hear and smell gas coming from the meter and immediately cleared the reporting party from the area and requested the assistance of Sgt. McNeil, Fire Dept, National Grid and Maintenence from the Avalon (160 Boylston Street). Fire arrived on scene and was able to slow the leak of the gas and I was able to speak with the reporting party identified as SANFORD Troy. Troy states that he is an employee at 188 Florence Street and got to work a little early this morning. He states that he stayed in his car awaiting the start of his shift and must have fallen asleep with his foot on the brakle and the transmission still in reverse. When he fell asleep he states his foot must have come off the brake causing him to back into the gas meter of 160 Boylston Street. The impact not only damaged the gas meter, but also did damage to the rear center of Troy's vehicle. Through my observations of Troy's demeanor and actions he did not appear to be impaired in any way. Troy stated that he did not get much sleep last night and was tired. He also stated that he did not need any medical attention Fire remained on location awaiting the arrival of National Grid. After interviewing Troy and confirming the area was secured I cleared the location without further incident

On 12/17/20 I responded to #964 Boylston St- The B.P. Gas station for an accident that happened this morning at 02:35. The owner of the gas station Elias Ghazale showed me video that showed a white pick-up truck with a plow that pushed snow across Ramsdell St onto a customers car. When the truck pushed the first pass of snow, the security camera shows the entire vehicle move violently into the curb. It is unknown at this time if there is any damage to the customers vehicle. It is also unknown at this time who was operating the plow or the name of the company. Because of all the snow plowed up on the customers vehicle, the license plate and information on the vehicle is also unknown at this time. I traveled to Negoshians Towing and left a message asking the owner to call me at the station to follow up on this matter. On 12/18/20 I spoke with Elias Ghazale who gave me a Mass. Registration of 1WPG55 a 2009 Honda Odyssey grey van that is owned by a Sarkis E. Ghazale as the owner of the parked vehicle that was involved in this accident. I traveled to Ferguson Plumbing and spoke with the manager Eric Mackenzie who stated the landlord, Negoshians Towing deals with the snow removal for his property. I then traveled to Negoshians and spoke with the Owner Ted Negoshian. He stated his company is responsible for plowing the Ferguson lot. I showed him a security clip of the white truck plowing in the parked vehicle and Negoshian stated that he doesn't have any white trucks that plow for him only black ones. I then traveled to the City of Newton Highway Department and spoke with Superintendent Michael Arpino. I showed him the security video and he stated that the white truck in question was not a city owned or sub-contracted vehicle because the trucks would have a green flag on their mirrors or writing on the door. I also spoke with Newton Control Clerk Mark Parsons who viewed the City of newton GPS from the night of the storm and confirmed that no city vehicles or sub-contracted vehicles were on Ramsdell St between 2am and 3am. Unless new information on the identity of the white truck is learned, the vehicle in question (veh#2) will remain unknown. On 12/28/20 I spoke with Elias Ghazale's wife, Maria Vidalis wife who stated she was able to uncover the snowed in vehicle and found the following damage to Massachusetts Reg # 1WPG55: drivers door, front bumper, rear quarter panel scratches, drivers side fender and reports of leaking transmission fluid.. I then traveled to #964 Boylston St and viewed the vehicle myself and all confirmed the above damage except the transmission fluid.

MV1 was parked in the residence's driveway when MV2 slid into its front passenger fender as it was being towed out of the driveway due to mechanical issues. Owner of MV1, Sheila Barbosa stated that the damage was not there the previous night and the next morning it was and she subsequently has a video showing MV2 actively getting towed out of the shared driveway. Owner of MV2, Tasha Cannon admitted that her car did infact slide into MV1 causing minor damage as it was being towed out of the driveway. MV1 damage was done to its front passenger fender, MV2 did not sustain any damage per Ms. Cannon. No injuries as both vehicles were unoccupied at the time of the incident.

Operator 1 stated she was traveling Southbound on Walnut St and tried to turn left into her driveway located at 926 Walnut St. As she tried to pull into her driveway, her vehicle got stuck in a ditch that was dug up by the city. There was also about an inch of water in the ditch, it is unknown if it was related to the excavation work. It should be noted that there was no cones placed around her driveway. There was minor damage to the front bumper of vehicle 1 and operator 1 had AAA towing removed the vehicle from the ditch and she was able to park it in a neighbors driveway for the night. Photos were taken and will be submitted to the IT Bureau to attach to this report.

Operator of MV1 stated they were coming down their very steep driveway at 40 Baldpate Hill Rd. when their vehicle slid across the street, and into the front exterior of 49 Baldpate Hill Rd. It should be noted it was snowing and there was snow on the driveway and roadway. There was front end damage to MV1 and damage to the exterior and garden of 49 Baldpate Hill Rd. Tody's responded to dislodge the vehicle from the home. MV1 was parked legally out front of 49 Baldpate Hill Rd. for the night. Both the operator and passenger of MV1 signed patient refusals. The homeowner of 49 Baldpate Hill Rd. was inside at the time of the crash but was unharmed. The homeowner took pictures of the damage, was made aware of the situation and advised to contact their insurance company regarding the damage to the home.

At 0630 hrs.on 4/21/22, Newton Police and Fire were dispatched to the area of 1146 Chestnut St. for a motor vehicle collision into a tree. Upon arrival, MV#1 was observed with damage to its front end and cracked/broken front windshields. The operator of MV#1 stated he had worked all night and had fallen asleep causing the garbage truck he was operating to veer off of the roadway and into the city owned tree in front of 1146 Chestnut St. The tree itself had been knocked over and was across the roadway. A second tree on the property of 1146 Chestnut St. suffered damage. Further, several large tree limbs had fallen a top of MV#2 which was parked in the driveway of 1146 Chestnut St, but no visible damage was observed. The operator of MV#1 declined medical attention and contacted a private tow to remove MV#1 from the roadway. The operator of MV#2 as well as the homeowner of 1146 Chestnut St. were apprised of the situation. Pictures of the damage were taken on the N498 camera and attached to this report.