NATICK, MASS. (WHDH) - A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on drugged driving charges in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Natick that left a beloved married couple with serious injuries last month, officials announced Tuesday.
The juvenile suspect, whose name has not been released, is slated to be arraigned on Sept. 10 on charges including leaving the scene of personal injury, leaving the scene of property damage, two counts of operating under the influence of drugs causing serious bodily injury, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, and failure to stop, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
Officers responding to a report of a crash in the area of Washington Street around 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 spoke with witnesses who said a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck had jumped the curb and pushed a man and woman into a fence, Natick police said. The driver then allegedly fled the scene.
The suspect vehicle was tracked to a home in Holliston and an investigation revealed that the driver was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash, according to police. Two other juveniles were said to be riding in the truck.
The couple, 51-year-old Kimberly Gunner and 39-year-old Andrew Colbert, were flown to trauma centers with life-threatening injuries.
Gunner remains hospitalized in the ICU. Colbert has since been treated and released from the hospital.
“The family is very grateful for this. It brings some sense of relief….A little bit of closure on such a long road to recovery,” family member Tony Catlin said about the news of the arrest. “I still don’t understand why it took so long. Why didn’t he come forward? Why was he on the road with a suspended license?”
Catlin said Gunner suffered a shattered leg and that she could be in a wheelchair for a longtime.
“She’s got more to go, but look where we were two weeks ago. We did’t even think she would survive this,” he explained. “She’s determined to walk again.”
An investigation remains ongoing.
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