[GotSTI?]

Edit... I can't get the picture to post. It's pretty crazy if anyone else can do it.

They had 3 kids...

Article: Worcester Telegram & Gazette News

WEST BOYLSTON— Mary K. Hakkinen had just spent the day selling flowers on the roadside with her son and was driving on Interstate 190 north on her way back to Orange.

Her speedometer was set at 60 miles per hour as she watched cars pass. Then Ms. Hakkinen, 51, noticed two cars rapidly approaching in the left lane.

Within moments, sparks flew as she watched one of the cars hit the concrete barrier on the left. Another car, a 2003 Dodge Viper, followed behind and also began skidding along the barrier.


Debris from the luxury sports car flew at her car, sparks spraying.

“I was engulfed in sparks at one moment,” she said.

The Viper then cut in front of her and struck the guardrail on the right side of the road where it became wedged.

Ms. Hakkinen stopped her car, jumped out and ran to the crashed vehicle. The Viper was smoking; music from the sound system was blaring.

“Can anyone hear me,” she yelled into the car which had its roof shaved off. She knew there was a man inside, but no response came back.

“I just had the most wonderful Mother’s Day. I was thinking this was a perfect day,” she said sobbing during a telephone interview. “All I could think of was it was somebody’s son. I couldn’t believe what was happening.”

The two people in the car, a man and woman whom state police have not identified, died in the Sunday night crash on I-190, near Exit 5.

The Telegram & Gazette has learned, however, that the crash victims were Michelle and Todd Marsh of Princeton. They have three children and recently opened Curious Kids Early Childcare Development in Hudson.

A woman who answered the phone there yesterday declined to comment.

A family member contacted through e-mail yesterday said Mrs. Marsh’s father died last year, and the family is in shock because of the latest tragedy.

The accident, which occurred around 9:45 p.m., remains under investigation by state police.

A preliminary investigation by Trooper Hari Arisetty indicates that Mr. Marsh, a developer, was driving the Viper north on I-190, about one mile before Exit 5, when he lost control, struck the concrete barrier on the left side of the road and veered across the travel lanes, striking the guardrail on the right side of the road.

State police said they had no other information about a second car.

The husband and wife were not wearing seatbelts and suffered fatal injuries in the crash, state police said.

“Although speed appears to have been a factor, this crash remains under investigation, with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section,” a state police news release stated.

The West Boylston fire and police departments responded to the scene and the right lane of I-190 north was closed for about four hours.

Witnesses the night of the crash said the couple’s car was going faster than 75 miles per hour.

A Pepperell man who was driving with his family saw the Dodge Viper and a smaller, silver car pass him. The man said he was driving with his family — about 70 to 75 miles per hour — when he saw the two cars pass him quickly.

“They blew by me like I was standing still,” he said, declining to be identified. .

He lost sight of the Viper, then noticed cars ahead of him were coming to a stop. He saw the crash and his wife called police. .

Police questioned witnesses, said Mrs. Hakkinen, who noted that authorities on the scene checked to ensure she was all right to drive after witnessing the crash.

“It all happened so fast,” she said. “If I hadn’t slowed down, he probably would have hit me in my driver’s side. I’m very sorry two people ended up dead.”

[STiSubyMan]

how hard is it to buckle up?

there children might have still had there parents if they did.

wow..

[KiR DieseL]

Damn he failed at life... no seat belt and speeding?

Cmon i wouldnt do that kinda crap if i had kids

[viperguy]

oh well ... booo hooo

[07WRBSTI]

Originally Posted by GotSTI?

"Debris from the luxury sports car flew at her car, sparks spraying.
”

Since when is a Viper a luxury sports car?

[M3-to-STI]

so it seems the Viper was racing someone?

[Tortfeasor STi]

They were from Princeton? Interesting, I am from Princeton. But then its a town in name only, we have like 100,000 residents in the greater Princeton area, so the name is not familiar. Regardless, speeding, possible street racing, and not buckled up with three kids at home. My sympathies go out to the kids and the surviving family thats going to have to take care of them.

Wait, is there a Princeton, MA? If so ignore the bit about being from the same town.

[FIZZ STI]

seatbelts wouldnt work at that high rate of speed

[crf-sti]

what a shame! both parents gone just like that, for what? a stupid street race! my heart goes out to the kids.

[Peleg]

No seat belts, plus he should have known better since he's got 3 kids.

Silver car.......I'll bet $$$$ it was either a vette, a Cobra or a Ferrari.