crash_reports

OPMV#1 Was traveling Southbound on Chestnut St when she saw an object in the middle of the road and swerved into the Northbound lane of Chestnut St. OPMV#1 Drove up over the curb and onto the sidewalk colliding with a stone wall at 542 Chestnut St and a Utility pole. The vehicle then traveled Southbound on the sidewalk and stopped at the intersection of Chestnut St and Roslyn Rd. I observed major damage to front of the vehicle along with left and right side damage. Airbags were deployed on all sides. OPMV#1 Was evaluated by EMS and she signed a medical refusal. Vehicle was towed by Tody's Towing. OPMV#1 is charged with the following: M.G.L. C.89 S.4A Marked Lanes, M.G.L. C.90 S.24 Negligent Operation, M.G.L. C.90 S.24 OUI Alcohol. Refer to incident #19029056.

On Thursday, August 8th 2019, at approximately 8:25pm, I, Officer Brooks, was parked in front of 719 Washington street facing westbound. I looked into my side view mirror to pull into traffic and observed MV1 (MA REG 118GL4) parked behind me with the driver's side door open. The operator was leaning into the car to retrieve an item, and then stood up and turned around to close the door. I observed MV2(IN REG VWI565) traveling westbound, at what I estimated to be 45 miles per hour. MV2 struck the open door of MV1, narrowly missing operator #1. MV1 sustained major damage to the driver's side door and was towed by Tody's. MV2 had heavy damage to the passenger side front end. The operator of MV2 was placed under arrest for Operating under the influence of alcohol after investigation. MV2 was towed by Tody's. There were no injuries as a result of the accident.

MV1 operator, David Gorman (2017 Mazda Cx3, MA Reg:6TL761), stated that he was traveling from Commonwealth Ave turning right on Lexington St heading NORTH when he realized the vehicle behind him was following him very closely. MV1 continued to drive on Lexington St when MV2 (2015 Toyota Highlander, MA Reg: 6VS151), started to beep at him continuously and went over the double yellow line in an attempt to pass MV1. MV2 was unable to pass MV1 because of oncoming traffic so MV2 steered to get back into his lane. MV2 collided with MV1 in the area of 281 Lexington St. A witness, John Maclellan (off-duty police officer Watertown) who was in the area of Lexington St and Orris St. stated that he heard a vehicle beeping repeatedly and then heard a collision. Maclellan came outside to find MV2 over the double yellow lines facing oncoming traffic. MV2 had damage to its passenger front and MV1 had damage to its drivers side rear. Maclellan told MV2 operator, Renato Ribeirodasilva, to move his vehicle to a safe location on the right side of the road and get out of the vehicle to exchange paperwork with the other driver involved (MV1, Gorman). Maclellan phoned Newton PD to notify of the accident and as he was on the line, he witnessed both parties getting into a heated arguement on the sidewalk outside of their vehicles. MV2 operator, Renato Ribeirodasilva was taken into custody for the following charges: 90/24J - OUI Liquor, 90/24E - Neglegant Operator of a MV, and 89/4A - Marked Lanes Violation. Claudineia called a sober friend to drive her and her three children home to Waltham in Claudineia's vehicle. Claudineia was also under the influence of alcohol.

MV1 jumped a curb and collided with a parked vehicle MV2 (a 2004 GMC Yukon, MA Reg: 8EC792) in front of 185 Waltham St. MV1 operator, Angel Gonzales, was unconscious on scene in the driveway of 185 Waltham St. Waltham St is a public way that is owned and maintained by the City of Newton. A passerby, Joseph Anderson saw the aftermath of the crash and called 911. MV2 had damage to its drivers side door and rear side. MV1 was heavily damaged, on its side, and keys were in the ignition. MV1 was towed by towed by Tody's. Gonzales was transported to Beth Isreal in critical condition. When Gonazales was in the back of the ambulance, myself and medics smelled an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Gonzales. All first responders thoroughly checked the surrounding area for a helmet but one could not be located. Due to Gonzales' critical condition and urgency to get to the hospital, and ID was not thoroughly looked for on his person. Ofc. Guarino, N491, retrieved an ID from Gonzales upon arrival at Beth Isreal Hospital. Ofc. Stake filled out a towed inventory form. Pictures taken and sent to IT. Sgt. Lee was notified and will be following up with this incident. MV1 operator, Angel Gonzales is being charged with the following (MA Uniform Citations T1442823 & T1442824): 90/24J - OUI Liquor (public way) 90/24E - Negligent Operation of a MV (operating recklessly at a high rate of speed) 89/4A - Marked Lanes 90/23 - Attaching Registration Plates (attaching registration plates to motorcycle to conceal the fact that it was unregistered. Registration plate on the motorcycle came back to a 2002 Honda VT750 motorcycle, MA Reg: 1T3988; VIN on the motorcycle came back to a 2005 Suzuki GSXR60, MA Reg: 1L4389) 90/9B - Unregistered MV (motorcycle 2005 Suzuki MA Reg: 1T3988 was confirmed unregistered by RMV) 90/23D - Operating MV with a Suspended License (RMV confirmed that Gonzales' license was suspended S94722414) (see Incident #19039806 for more details). For QED purposes, the charge 266/139 - Stolen Registration was added to this report because 90/23 - Attaching Registration Plates was not an option. Due to Gonzales' hospitalization, the citations will be mailed to his last known address. Officers were able to rise a Harold Curtis, the father of Anthony Curtis (owner of MV2, the GMC Yukon) at 185 Waltham St. He was notified of the incident and advised to call their insurance company. Curtis mentioned that he has cameras facing the street where the incident took place and will see if he can retrieve the footage for us. Police prosecutor to subpoena blood.

MV1 (2010 Honda Fit; MA Reg: 94CY78) was traveling East on Crafts St, and came to a complete stop signaling to turn left onto Morrill St. MV2 (2015 Ford F250; MA Con: R43023) rear ended MV1, resulting in severe damage to the Honda. No damage was done to MV2. No injuries were reported. MV1 operator, Victoria Thurston, called AAA for a tow. Tody's was called for the Ford F250 due to MV2 operator, Brian Cernabentura's level of intoxication and unlicensed operation of the vehicle. Brian spoke Spanish and a passerby was able to translate some of my questions to him. I asked for identification and if he had been drinking. Brian did not give me any form of identification and he was very unsteady on his feet, glassy and bloodshot eyed. He was taken into custody by myself and booked at headquarters in the usual manner. Incident report 19041143

ON 9-29-19 AT APPROX. 0933HRS. WHILE WORKING N492 I TOOK A REPORT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF FESSENDEN LANE AND CRAFT ST. I SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #2. DRIVER STATES SHE WAS TRAVELING N-BOUND ON FESSENDEN LANE . AT THE INTERSECTION WAITING TO GO LEFT ONTO CRAFT ST. DRIVER STATES A VEHICLE TRAVELING E-BOUND ON CRAFT TURNED RIGHT INTO FESSENDEN LANE. AT THIS POINT DRIVER STATES SHE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC LANE AND TURNED ONTO CRAFTS ST. SHE STATES HER VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE LEFT SIDE BY VEHICLE #1. SHE STATES SHE NEVER SAW THE MOTORCYCLE UNTIL IT WAS HITTING HER VEHICLE. OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #1 WAS BEING ATTENDED TO BY THE FIRE AND MEDICS. OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #2 WAS GIVEN MOTOR VEHICLE CITATION ( T1445177, 89/9, FAILURE TO YIELD AT INTERSECTION ). OPERATOR SERVED CITATION IN HAND. I SPOKE TO A WITNESS ( TIMOTHY CHANGOGARRETT ). HE STATED HE WAS TRAVELING E-BOUND BEHIND THE MOTORCYCLE. HE SAW VEHICLE #2 ENTER THE TRAFFIC LANE AND VEHICLE #1 HIT HER VEHICLE. HE STATES THE OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #1 WENT OVER HIS HANDLE BARS UPON COLLISION. LANDED ON THE HOOD OF VEHICLE #2 AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT HE CALLED 911. OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL BY MEDIC2 FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR IN HIS ROOM. HE STATES HE WAS TRAVELING E-BOUND ON CRAFT INTENDING TO GO TO THE POST 440 ON CALIFORNIA ST. TO ATTEND AN AA ( ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ) MEETING. HE STATES HE TOOK HIS SON'S MOTORCYCLE WITH THE INTENTION OF SEEING IF THERE WERE ANY REPAIRS NECESSARY BECAUSE HIS SON IS TRYING TO SELL IT. WHILE TRAVELING HE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION. HE SAW VEHICLE #2 ENTER ONTO CRAFT ST. HE STATES HE COULD NOT DIVERT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO AVOID HITTING HER VEHICLE. OPERATOR HAS BROKEN BONES IN HIS LEFT ARM. CUTS ALONG HIS FACE AND NECK AS WELL AS LOWER BODY PAIN. HE STATED THE HOSPITAL INTENDS ON KEEPING HIM OVER NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. I ASKED THE DRIVER IF HE WAS AWARE THAT HIS LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE WAS REVOKED. HE STATED HE HAD A CHANCE TO BE REINSTATED BUT CHOSE NOT TO. DRIVER WAS ISSUED MOTOR VEHICLE CITATION ( T1445178, 90/23/C, LICENSE REVOKED AS HTO ). I INFORMED THE OPERATOR THAT I WOULD MAIL HIM THE CRIMINAL APPLICATION. ALL OTHER PARTIES REPORTED NO INJURIES. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOWED BY TODYS. VEHICLE #1 HAD FRONT END DAMAGE AND FRAME DAMAGE. VEHICLE #2 HAD LEFT SIDE DAMAGE AND A BROKEN AXLE. WEST NEWTON SQUARE ( OFF L. MIKOLEIT ) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TOOK 10 PICTURES. PICTURES PLACED IN I.T. BOX. I CLEARED THE AREA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

The operator of MV1 stated that he was texting and traveling at a high rate of speed when his vehicle lost control and crashed into parked vehicles 2 and 3. All three vehicles sustained major damage and were towed from the scene by Todys. The operator of MV1 had no apparent injuries but due to the high rate of speed of the vehicle at the time of the crash was transported to Newton Wellesley Hospital for precautionary reasons. Photographs of the crash as well as the open container of "Chum Churum" alcoholic beverage were taken and placed in IT's mailbox.

Based on observations and statements made, the following occurred. M/V#1 was parked facing south on Chestnut St. awaiting to pull a M/V from an unrelated accident scene, with his yellow hazard light bar activated. A Verizon truck was parked facing north in the northbound lane of Chestnut St. and through traffic was being routed up the westbound side of Amherst St. M/V#2 approached traveling south on Chestnut St., and stopped approx. 100 feet away from M/V#1. It then began to slowly drive up to M/V#1 and attempt to pass between the two parked trucks, at a slow speed, when the right fender of M/V#2 struck the towing rig of M/V#1. The right fender of M/V#2 had damage along the right front wheel well. I was unable to see the extent of the damage to the tow rig. I went to speak to the operator of the M+#2 (who was standing outside to the right of his car) and as I approached him, I observed that he was swaying while standing. I asked the operator (later identified as David Taube-Perrotta) if he was ok, and he only said yeah. I then asked him what had happened, and he just motioned to his car with his right hand. As I stood next to him, I observed his eyes to be glassy and bloodshot. I asked him for his license and registration, and he kept staring towards the car without saying anything. I had to request his license and registration three times before he produced his license from a hip pocket. I then asked again for his registration, and he took approx. five unsteady steps to his passenger side door, opened the door, and almost fell into his car as he bent from the waist. He then stood up, closed the door, and started to return to me, until I told him I needed his registration again. He returned to his door, and again, almost fell into the car as he bent over to open the glove box. As he returned to me he appeared unsteady on his feet. He handed me the registration in a plastic sleeve, and I asked him to remove it from the sleeve. He appeared to have trouble removing the registration. I asked him where he was coming from, he stated that he was coming from Cambridge. I asked where in Cambridge, and he did not reply. I asked him if he had any alcoholic beverages during the evening, he shook his head in an exaggerated manner and stated that he didn't drink tonight. As I spoke more with him, I observed that his speech was slurred. I held my pen up and asked him if he could focus on the tip of pen. Instead of answering he tried to reach out and touch it. I advised him, I just wanted to know if he could focus on it, he stated yes, then raised his finger in an attempt to touch his nose, but instead, touched between his upper lip and nose, then tried to touch the tip of the pen again. I asked him to keep his down, and without moving his head, follow the tip of the pen. As I moved the pen from left to right, he turned his head to follow the pen. I had to remind him several times, to keep his head still, and follow only with his eyes. I asked him if he would be willing to take a field sobriety test, and he declined. I had also observed a small scratch on his forehead, and requested medics to evaluate him. As I took digital pictures of the accident, Taube-Perrotta was seen in the back of a Cataldo Ambulance, while Sgt. Devine observed. When I entered the ambulance, Sgt. Devine informed me that Taube-Perrotta stated that he was at "The Lizzard Lounge" in Cambridge earlier in the evening, and admitted that he had a few drinks. In my presence Taube-Perotta stated that he had two drinks, much earlier in the evening. While in the ambulance, Taube-Perrotta had trouble answering common questions by the medics, such as what his middle name was and where he lived. The operator of M/V#2 was placed under arrest for OUI. (See NPD Incident Report # 19053361)

On Sunday, December 15th 2019, at approximately 3:35am, Officer Donovan and I, Officer Brooks, responded to Washington street at Saint James street, for a report of a single car MVA. Upon our arrival we observed MV1 (MA REG 1GHG66) facing westbound on the sidewalk of Saint James street. The vehicle had heavy damage to the front drivers side door, broken axles, and all of the vehicles airbags had deployed. The operator of the vehicle was sitting outside of the vehicle speaking with MA State Trooper Newman who was on scene prior to my arrival, and had witnessed the accident. Trooper Newman stated MV1 was traveling westbound on Washington street, drove over a traffic island on Saint James street, hit a light post on the sidewalk, and spun sideways off the fence that separates Saint James street from the MA Turnpike. The vehicle then struck a tree and came to rest facing westbound on Saint James street. The vehicle was only occupied by the operator. Medics were called to evaluate the operator and a patient refusal was signed. After being cleared from the medics, Officer Donovan initiated an investigation into the circumstances of the accident, and subsequently placed the operator under arrest for operating a MV under the influence of alcohol. Tody's towing was notified to remove the vehicle due to its inoperability on the sidewalk. Officer Helms took photos of the accident scene which were submitted to the IT bureau. Officer Howes completed a motor vehicle inventory form which has been filed.