‘I saved my daughter’s life’: Father performs CPR after car strikes daughter in Chelsea parking lot

CHELSEA, Mass. — A father is asking for prayers after his 14-year-old daughter was hit by a car in a Chelsea parking lot Sunday night.

Chelsea Police and the Massachusetts State Police were called to the scene of a parking lot on the Beacham Street cannabis dispensary.

According to state police, a little after 8 p.m. a 2020 Mercedes Benz sedan being operated by Ceserino Borelli, 44, of Watertown was traveling westbound on Beacham Street at a high rate of speed.

The Mercedes exited the roadway into the Dunkin parking lot at 276 Beacham St., causing property damage and then driving through a metal fence that surrounded the parking lot of the RISE Dispensary cannabis shop at 200 Beacham St.

The Mercedes struck a parked and occupied Mercedes SUV and then struck the 14-year-old girl who was standing in the RISE Dispensary parking lot.

After hitting the girl, the car continued driving through the parking lot and struck a parked Nissan SUV. The suspect exited the vehicle and walked toward the front of RISE before lying down on the sidewalk.

Chelsea Police Officers were first on-scene and immediately began rendering life-saving medical aid to the victim.

“They didn’t want me to touch my daughter, they didn’t want me to move my daughter, but her lips were turning blue,” Teddy Tene told Boston 25 News. “I didn’t listen to nobody and I saved my daughter’s life. I blew air into her and her lips went from purple back to pink. If I listened to them, I don’t know what would have happened.” Tene said he and his whole family were in the parking lot of Rise Dispensary on Beacham St. when a man driving a black Mercedes went speeding through a parking lot next door and crashed through a fence before slamming into a parked car and going airborne, then hitting his daughter Milena.

The victim, an Everett resident, was transported to a Boston hospital, where she is in critical condition.

“Right now, she’s in a coma in the hospital,” Tene said. “She is not doing well at all, her lungs are bruised. Her heart is bruised. She’s having a really hard time breathing right now. Her brain was hit, and they took off her skull.” Chelsea police told Boston 25 News the driver of the car is under police watch at the hospital. They have not said what charges he will face.

Ceserino Borelli is being charged with numerous motor vehicle offenses by Chelsea Police including Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (car).

He was transported to a Boston hospital after complaining of back pain; he remains hospitalized under Chelsea Police guard.

“My daughter is the most wonderful girl in the world, she does everything for her mother and us,” Tene said. “Everyone out there, all we need is prayers, please. My daughter just needs prayers, and prayers, and prayers.”

The cause of the incident is under investigation by state police and Chelsea Police. Additional charges against the suspect are possible depending on the results of that investigation.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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