At least four Brockton residents involved in fatal Avon crash
Benjamin Paulin,Staff Reporter
bpaulin@patriotledger.com
AVON - At least four of the people involved in a fatal Avon crash Monday were Brockton residents.
The crash killed Matthew Andrade Denise Moreira, both 21 and from Brockton.
Brockton police Lt. Kenneth LeGrice said Wednesday morning that at least four of the people in the car were Brockton residents, but he wasn't sure about the fifth.
Calls to Avon police and fire officials were not immediately returned.
David Traub, a spokesman for Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey, said the office will only release names if people are charged.
The crash killed two Brockton residents and left three other individuals with serious injuries following a police chase through Brockton that ended in Avon on Monday morning.
The chase started in Brockton on Spring Street after an officer attempted to pull over a black Nissan sedan for motor vehicle infractions about 2:50 a.m., Brockton Police Lt. LeGrice said.
"It started in the Spring Street area and then went through some of the neighborhoods between North Main and North Warren Avenue and then they came down North Main Street and headed into Avon," LeGrice said.
However, police lost sight of the vehicle, which had sped away at an unsafe speed, before the crash, said David Traub, a Norfolk County District Attorney spokesman.
The driver of the fleeing vehicle struck a utility pole on West Main Street in Avon near Harrison Boulevard, Traub said.
The crash snapped the utility pole in half and the left the vehicle badly damaged. The engine of the car separated from the vehicle in the crash and was in the middle of the road about 20 feet away from where the Nissan came to stop.
Neighbors said the utility pole that the vehicle struck was brand new, having been replaced less than a month ago.
"You could see the two bodies right on the street," said Dave Ballum, a West Elm Street resident. " I wish I didn't look."
Three other victims, one man and two women, were taken to area hospitals with life threatening injuries, and after undergoing substantial medical interventions are now expected to live, Traub said.
No charges have been filed at this time, but he crash is being investigated by Avon police, State police and the Motor Vehicle Homicide Unit of the Norfolk County District Attorney's office.