Mile Hill Road Crash

Two passengers were injured on Tuesday evening when a car swerved off the road, possibly speeding.   The three riding in the car went off of Mile Hill Road in Belmont, Mass.

The injured riders, both local teens, were taken to Memorial Hospital in Belmont.  One was in stable condition, the other was airlifted to Mass. General to be treated for a brain injury, according to a hospital spokesman.

The accident occurred on a dark stretch of Mile Hill Road, the same spot where a fatal accident took place on Christmas Eve, 2005.  A witness claimed that the white Mustang was speeding just before the crash.

“I have never seen a car going so fast on this road,” said Josie M. Crandall, a resident of 27 Mile Hill road, “It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.”

Jamie Peterson, 17, of Elm Street in Belmont was the driver of the vehicle.  He was able to escape the wreckage under his own power.  However, rescuers on-scene had to resort to using the Jaws of Life, in a 45-minute operation, that ultimately freed the 2 passengers from the wreck.

Tom Carroll Jr., 17, was driving on Mile Hill Road at the time of the accident, and was the first witness on the scene.  Carroll told police that he had been driving behind the Mustang, when the car suddenly sped up around a curve out of sight.  He soon after saw the car off the road and on its roof.

                “I thought the worst,” Carroll said, “They were flying.  It’s hard to see kids your age do something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road.”

                The two passengers have not been identified.  Lt. Judith Berkus of the Belmont Police Department identified the passengers as young females.