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At about 5:00 p.m., Sunday evening Troopers from the State Police-Revere Barracks responded to a crash on Route 145 near the intersection with North Shore Road. The crash involves multiple pedestrian victims, to include two adult female and three children. Tragically, one child is deceased at the scene.
1. A 27-year-old woman, treated at MGH for minor injuries;
2. A 5-year-old girl, determined to be deceased at the scene;
3. A 2-month-old girl, currently at MGH with life-threatening injuries.
4. Another adult female (I do not have age or current status), suffered non-life-threatening injuries; and
5. A 2-year-old child (do not have gender yet), suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Preliminary investigation suggests the operator of the vehicle, a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Autumn L. Harris, 42, of Boston, for reasons still under investigation, veered off the roadway and onto the grass median strip where she struck the pedestrians as they stood on a sidewalk inside the median strip that divides both sides of Route 145. The resulting impact projected the victims and scattered debris throughout the grass median.
The female operator was placed under arrest and brought to the State Police-Revere Barracks. The investigation is ongoing to determine scope of charges. We are responding with a drug recognition expert to the barracks to assess the operator for potential impairment by narcotics.
The investigation is being conducted by State Police Troop A, State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County, State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and State Police Crime Scene Services Section. Revere Fire and Revere Police also assisted along with ambulance crews. We will release more info when available.
