Driver in crash that claimed young man's life unlicensed
18-year-old dies in Dorchester crash
A man charged in a car crash that claimed the life of a young man in Dorchester faced murder vehicle charges Wednesday.Fritz Philogene, 18, was killed when two cars collided at the intersection of Talbot and New England streets late Tuesday night, as one or both of the cars crashed into him, Boston police said.Watch reportGregory McCoy, 27, of Dorchester, fled the scene and was later arrested by Boston police on an unrelated warrant, officials said.He was charged with motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Police said he did not have a license to drive."A light pole was knocked down at that intersection, and pieces of the Cadillac sheared off of the car and littered the intersection," prosecutor Greg Henning said.McCoy jumped out of his car and ran off after the crash, police said.Cheline Garcia, 32, of Dorchester, said she was putting her kids to bed when she heard the collision about 10 p.m.Garcia, who is a medical assistant, said she did chest compressions on the victim for several minutes before EMTs arrived, but he did not survive."He had a pulse when I started. He wasn't breathing, but he had a pulse," said Garcia.Two of the occupants of the second vehicle were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.
BOSTON —
A man charged in a car crash that claimed the life of a young man in Dorchester faced murder vehicle charges Wednesday.
Fritz Philogene, 18, was killed when two cars collided at the intersection of Talbot and New England streets late Tuesday night, as one or both of the cars crashed into him, Boston police said.
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Gregory McCoy, 27, of Dorchester, fled the scene and was later arrested by Boston police on an unrelated warrant, officials said.
He was charged with motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Police said he did not have a license to drive.
"A light pole was knocked down at that intersection, and pieces of the Cadillac sheared off of the car and littered the intersection," prosecutor Greg Henning said.
McCoy jumped out of his car and ran off after the crash, police said.
Cheline Garcia, 32, of Dorchester, said she was putting her kids to bed when she heard the collision about 10 p.m.
Garcia, who is a medical assistant, said she did chest compressions on the victim for several minutes before EMTs arrived, but he did not survive.
"He had a pulse when I started. He wasn't breathing, but he had a pulse," said Garcia.
Two of the occupants of the second vehicle were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.