ROCKLAND, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com/AP) - A teenager was killed in a three-car crash early New Year's Day after his speeding SUV rolled onto its roof and was hit by another car, witnesses told authorities.
Patrick Sullivan, a 17-year-old Rockland High School student, was killed and another person was sent to the hospital, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said Thursday. Two other people involved were not injured.
Witnesses said Sullivan's Toyota Highlander was traveling beside a Nissan Sentra, which was on the wrong side of the road, at a high rate of speed when the two vehicles touched and went off the road around 2:50 a.m., according to the D.A.'s office. Sullivan's car flipped over.
Seconds later, a Mitsubishi Galant rounded a curve and slammed into Sullivan's SUV.
First responders found Sullivan dead at the scene.
The operator of the Nissan was taken to South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth with nonlife-threatening injuries. The two occupants of the Mitsubishi were not injured.
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