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Authorities identify teens — 18, 16, and 15 — killed in Bristol County crashes
The teens were killed in two separate crashes.
Officials have identified the three teenagers killed in two separate crashes Friday night and early Saturday morning.
In the first crash, shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, 18-year-old Savannah Salemme of Dighton died at the scene, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. The single-vehicle crash happened at 168 Tremont St. in Taunton.
“First responders located a Toyota Tacoma pick up truck that was fully engulfed,” the DA’s office said. “Initial observations determined that the vehicle left the roadway on Tremont Street, struck the front porch of the home at 168 Tremont Street and rolled into parked cars in the driveway of the home.”
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A GoFundMe campaign, started by Salemme’s uncle to support her family, had raised nearly $30,000 by Monday morning.
Hours later, just after 1 a.m. Saturday, Brielle Raposo, 16, and Cameren Gutter, 15, both of Fall River, were killed in a crash on Route 195 west in Dartmouth, authorities said.
State Police had received 911 calls about “an erratic operator at high speeds” in the area, prior to the crash near the Reed Road exit, according to the DA’s office. The Kia sedan the teens were in, which had been reported stolen out of Fall River, left the roadway and crashed in the median, officials said. Both teens were ejected during the crash and pronounced dead at the scene. Officials didn’t indicate which teen was driving.
Raposo’s aunt also started a GoFundMe campaign. In it, she says her niece had four younger brothers, and she refers to Gutter as her niece’s boyfriend.
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Gutter also had four siblings, according to his obituary, which says he was a sophomore at B.M.C. Durfee High School.
“Cameren played football and basketball,” his family wrote. “He enjoyed video games. His creativity extended beyond gaming, as he proudly produced his own music and enjoyed singing.”
Both crashes remain under investigation.
