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Charges filed in Brockton Hospital crash deaths
By John C. Drake, Globe Staff
A 76-year-old Rockland woman whose car plowed into an entrance of Brockton Hospital Monday, killing two staff members, has been charged with motor vehicle homicide.
Jane Berghold, a breast cancer patient, was at the hospital for an appointment when her car crashed into the hospital, killing Dr. Mark A. Vasa, chief of radiation therapy, and fatally injuring Susan Plante of East Bridgewater. Two other staff members were injured in the crash.
Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz has charged Berghold with two counts of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and one count of operating a vehicle to endanger, said Bridget Norton Middleton, a spokeswoman.
She would not elaborate on why prosecutors filed charges. An initial court date has not been set.
Berghold, her husband, and her son have said she tried to stop the car. A man who answered the phone today at the Berghold residence said the family would not comment.
