Two teens suffered injuries from car-flip on Mile Hill Road in Belmont, Mass. at 9 p.m. Tuesday. The driver managed to crawl from car as two unidentified females had to be freed from wreckage by rescuers.
The car was travelling north on Mile Hill Road, darkened without streetlights. Josie Crandall, resident at 27 Mile Hill Road, witnessed the accident from across the street and called police after the white Mustang had swerved off road, hit an embankment, and flipped onto its roof.
Tom Carroll Jr., 17, was first to arrive at scene as he was driving behind the vehicle heading north on Mile Hill Road.
"I've never seen a car going so fast on this road. It's a dirt road, and it's really easy to lose control," recalls Carroll.
Carroll remembered looking under the car and reported to police scattered beer cans on the ground as well as a blue North Face parka.
The driver was identified as Jamie Peterson, 17, of Elm Street in Belmont. The two passengers are unidentifiable by name, but are confirmed as two young females according to Lt. Judith Barkus of Belmont Police Dept.
Rescuers arrived at crash scene and in a 45-minute operation, used jaws of life to free girls from crash. Peterson managed to pull himself from the wrecked car and the two females were taken to Memorial Hospital in Belmont. One of the teens is in stable condition while the other had been airlifted to Mass. General Hospital in Boston, possibly in critical condition.
On Dec. 24, 2005, a fatal accident occurred on the same road where two local teens were killed.
"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," says Carroll.
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