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Oct 18, 2007 6:36 pm US/Eastern
Elderly Driver Charged In Deadly Hospital Crash
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Jane Berghold, 76, was behind the wheel of the car.
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Susan Plante had worked at the hospital for 20 years - the last 19 in the Radiation Therapy Department.
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Dr. Mark Vasa, Chief of Radiation Therapy was also killed in the crash.
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The car was so far inside the hospital, it could not be seen from the outside.
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Criminal charges have been filed in the Brockton Hospital Crash, according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz. Jane Berghold, 76, is charged with two counts of motor vehicle homicide and operating to endanger.
Berghold crashed her car through the entrance to the hospital's Radiation Therapy Unit Monday afternoon.
Dr. Mark Vasa, Chief of Radiation Therapy, was struck and died. Witnesses say he was trying to push people out of the way when he was hit.
On Tuesday, hospital announced Susan Plante, 60, a secretary in the Radiation Therapy Department, passed away Monday night from injuries she suffered in the accident.
Plante had worked at the hospital for 20 years - the last 19 in the Radiation Therapy Department.
Vasa had also been with the hospital for the last 20 years.
Berghold was coming in for a consult to start radiation. She was diagnosed with breast cancer back in April.
She told WBZ she was going 20 miles an hour in the parking lot when she tried to take a left and park her car. That's when her Oldsmobile crashed through the Radiation Therapy Unit entrance and ended up in the main reception area.
"The car didn't stop," she said, "and I went right through the doors."
Watch Beth Germano's full interview with Berghold hereBerghold's husband told WBZ the brakes on the car were new. Her license has been suspended. She had a clean driving record and no restrictions on her license.
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