EASTON, MASS. (WHDH) - The driver involved in a fatal car crash in Easton on Sunday afternoon has been issued a criminal citation, authorities said.
Police issued a citation to Jake McCabe, 25, of Easton, requesting that charges of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, committing a marked lanes violation and unsafe operation of a motor vehicle be issued against him, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
An investigation is ongoing and the DA’s office says further charges could be filed.
Officers responding to a report of a head-on collision in the area of 539 Bay Road around 1:50 p.m. began rendering aid to McCabe and the driver of the second vehicle involved, 37-year-old Scott Lewis, of South Easton.
Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.
Pam Rodrigues, whose lives near the scene, said she and her family heard the collision and crashes are common there.
“We heard the sound, it’s unmistakable, we’ve heard it so many times since we’ve lived here,” Rodrigues said. “We just go into automatic, grab the phone, call 911, grab shoes and run and pray and see what we can do.”
But the family couldn’t help with this crash, she said.
“I knew someone couldn’t survive, it was that bad,” Rodrigues said.
And she burst into tears when she found out Lewis was in the car — his parents are customers at her antique shop, and helped Rodriques out when her family dealt with a deadly crash of their own.
“I lost my own son two years ago in a motorcycle accident and Mr. Lewis came in and paid his respects to me … and now we’re connected in this way,” Rodreigues said.
McCabe was transported to Boston Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
State police assigned to the DA’s office, the state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and Easton police are actively investigating.
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