Cape crash kills woman, injures 3

By Vivian Nereim and Michaela Stanelun, Globe Correspondents

BOURNE -- A young woman who was celebrating her friend's 21st birthday at a bar was killed in a crash this morning when her ride home was apparently speeding on a wet road and hit a tree, police said.

Cassandra Flynn was not wearing a seat belt in the backseat of the 1984 Porsche 944 when the driver lost control of the two-door coupe on County Road in Pocasset, a village in Bourne, according to the Bourne Police Department.

No one in the car was wearing a seatbelt, police said. The three other occupants of the vehicle suffered injuries in the wreck, including the driver, Jonathan Muir, 21, of Falmouth.

When rescue crews arrived, Sonya D'angelo, 21, of Bourne, was the only person conscious. D'angelo told police that the four friends had been at The Courtyard Restaurant and Pub, which closes at 1 a.m.

Bourne Police Chief Earl Baldwin said today that at this point in the investigation there was no evidence that alcohol played a role in the crash. Speed and a damp roadway do appear to have been a factor, Baldwin said. The crash remains under investigation.

Police identified the fourth occupant of the car, Erica Pouler, of Bourne, as the woman celebrating her birthday.