Aug 15, 2008 5:29 pm US/Eastern
3 Teens Killed In Late Night Crash
ORANGE (WBZ) ―
Three teenagers were killed and a fourth was seriously hurt in a late-night car crash in Orange.
Police said the vehicle was travelling in the intersection of Athol Road and Sentinel Elm Road, just after 11 p.m. Thursday, when it struck a tree and rolled onto its side.
Joseph Songer of Athol, and Angelica Cheverez and Brittany Bailey, both of Orange, were killed. All three were 18-years-old.
The driver, Frederic Adams, 17, of Athol, survived and was flown to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. A spokesman said Friday that Adams was in the pediatric intensive care unit. He is expected to survive.
It's still unclear what caused the crash but investigators said the car spun out of control and smashed into a tree.
The manager of McDonald's in Athol told the Athol Daily News the four had worked at the restaurant, although Bailey had recently taken another job. He said they did not work Thursday night.
Bailey had just graduated from high school in her native town of Orange. Cheverez was her classmate.
"They were really good friends, Brittany and Angelica," said classmate Jennie Blanchette. "They were inseparable, and Fred and Joey were inseparable. They could always put you in a good mood if you were down."
"It's almost like you want to wake up. Like you don't want to believe it happened," said Bailey's cousin, Marcy Rumrill. "Then you think about, and this morning with the family was really hard."
"I was like a grandmother to them because they graduated with my granddaughter, Jessica," said Ruby Stowell. "They were very good friends."
School councilors will be on duty for students when class beings in the next couple weeks.
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