Charges have been filed in a wrong-way crash that killed an Endicott College police sergeant on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts, this Thanksgiving.
Keoma Duarte, who was also seriously hurt in the crash, faces two counts of motor vehicle homicide charges, one for operating under the influence, as well as manslaughter and civil motor vehicle infractions, the Essex County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear if the 40-year-old from New Bedford had an attorney who could speak to the charges.
Duarte’s Tesla Model Y is believed to have been traveling south in a northbound lane on I-95 when it hit Jeremy Cole’s Chevrolet Trailblazer near the Central Street overpass, prosecutors said.
A man allegedly driving the wrong-way on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts, slammed head on into another vehicle, trapping both drivers inside their cars and closing the roadway in both directions early Thursday, the fire department said.
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Cole was pronounced dead at the scene, while Duarte was flown to a hospital. Prosecutors said he was set to be arraigned via Zoom Tuesday.
This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
