Woman gets 18 months in Brockton hospital crash
By Milton Valencia, Globe Staff
An elderly woman whose car crashed into Brockton Hospital in October, killing two people, was sentenced today in Brockton District Court to 18 months of probation.
Jane Berghold, 77, who will also lose her license for 15 years, was charged with motor vehicle homicide in the deaths of Dr. Mark Vasa of Norwell and Susan Plante of East Bridgewater.
She pleaded guilty today and was sentenced by Brockton District Court Judge David Nagle.
A trial “just would have been traumatizing for everybody involved,” said Berghold’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington.
A breast cancer patient from Rockland, Berghold was arriving at the hospital to consult with doctors about radiation treatment when her car plowed through the entrance of the radiation treatment unit on Oct. 15.
Berghold still faces civil suits from the estates of Vasa and Plante. Reddington said she would cooperate in those.
“She just feels very badly and wants to help the estates in any way she can,” he said.
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