Story Activity- Feb 10th

Two teenagers were injured in a car accident on Monday in Belmont, Mass. The accident took place on Mile Hill Road at around 9 p.m. The driver of the white Mustang was Jamie Peterson, 17 years old, of Elm St. in Belmont. The two passengers who were injured have not yet been identified, but are known to be female according to Lt. Judith Barker of Belmont Police Dept. The driver, Peterson, managed to crawl out of the car on his own. Rescuers had to use the jaws of life to free the two passengers from the crushed car. That operation took 45 minutes. The victims were taken to Memorial Hospital in Belmont. One was in stable condition; the other was airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston. A witness, Josie M. Crandall, who lives at 27 Mile Hill Road told police that she looked out her window at 9 p.m. and saw the white Mustang headed north on the road. She watched as the car swerved off the road, hit an embankment and flipped over onto its roof. She immediately called the police. "I've never seen a car going so fast on this road," said Crandall. "It's a dirt road, and it's really easy to lose control." Mile Hill Road also has no streetlights. In the same spot this accident took place, there was a fatal accident on December 24th, 1998 where two people were killed. First on the scene was Tom Carroll Jr. who is 17 years old. He was driving behind the Mustang on Mile Hill Road in his pick-up truck when the car suddenly sped ahead around a curve. The next time he saw the car, it was on its roof. "I thought the worst," Carroll said. "They were flying. It's hard to see kids your age in something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road." When questioned by the police about the accident, Carroll said that when he looked under the car he saw at least three empty Budweiser beer cans on the ground. There was also a blue gore tex rain parka.