Thursday, 4:30 PM
16-year old Weymouth girl dies in car crash
By Milton Valencia, Globe staff
HINGHAM -- A 16-year-old Weymouth High School student was killed Tuesday night when the car she was riding in smashed into a guard rail, ejecting her and the driver and seriously injuring a third passenger.
Catherine Crocker died early this morning, Hingham police said in a statement.
The driver, Thiago Caldeira, 22, of Holbrook, and a 17-year-old girl suffered serious injuries, police said.
Police said Caldeira was driving a Dodge Neon entering Hingham from Hull on George Washington Boulevard when the vehicle apparently lost control, striking a guardrail then striking the bridge abutment, spinning across the opposite side of the roadway before coming to a stop. The accident occurred at about 10:45 p.m.
Caldeira and Crocker were ejected, police said. The 17-year-old girl, whose name was not released, was wearing a seat belt, police said.
Police said speed appears to be a factor, and that the accident remains under investigation. Caldeira has been charged with motor vehicle homicide, operating to endanger, failure to stay in marked lanes, speeding, and failure to wear a seatbelt.
