Two women dead, one hurt when car hits tree on secluded section of Martha’s Vineyard
Two women were killed and a third was injured this afternoon when their car hit a tree in a secluded section of Martha’s Vineyard, the State Police said today.
Shortly after noon, a 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser struck a tree at 2 Red Gate Farm in Aquinnah. The driver, a 71-year-old West Tisbury woman, and the front seat passenger, a 69-year-old Lyman, N.H., woman, were pronounced dead at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, State Police said.
A 68-year-old Minneapolis
woman riding in the back seat was also transported to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.
The Red Gate Farm property was once owned by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who used her estate there for summer getaways.
The State Police accident reconstruction team is investigating. No further information was immediately available.
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