Two teenagers killed, one hospitalized in Berkley crash, prosecutors say
Their vehicle struck a tree and caught fire Friday night, officials said.
Two teenagers were killed and a third was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in Berkley Friday night, officials say.
Police received a 911 call around 6:10 p.m. reporting a vehicle had struck a tree near 67 Sanford St., Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office said in a statement Saturday.
Police found the vehicle in flames when they arrived at the scene, according to officials.
“Despite the fire, a Berkley Police officer risked his safety to extricate one of the occupants and attempted to extricate a second before the fire began to fully engulf the car,” Quinn’s office said in the statement. “The third individual was found by police walking around the area of the crash when they first arrived.”
Prosecutors have identified the deceased victims as Christian Couto, 19, and Devyn Crosby, 18, both Berkley residents.
Couto was apparently behind the wheel of the gray, 2009 BMW — which was registered to his father — while Crosby was a back seat passenger at the time of the crash, according to the district attorney’s office.
The third person, identified as a 19-year-old Berkeley man who authorities believe was sitting in the front passenger seat during the incident, was brought to Rhode Island Hospital, officials said. He was in stable condition Saturday afternoon, according to the statement.
“Members of the Berkley Fire Department were quickly able to extinguish the fire,” Quinn’s office said. “Accident reconstruction is ongoing, but foul play is not suspected in the deaths at this time.”
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