缅因州主要警方证实,周六在卡斯廷镇,四名缅因州海事学院的学生在一场车祸中丧生,车祸撞上一棵树并燃起大火。
警方说,包括司机约书亚·冈萨尔维斯-拉丁在内的其他三名学生受伤,被送往当地医院,没有生命危险。
主要警方确认受害者为布莱恩·肯尼利,20岁,来自缅因州约克;大通福塞特,21岁,缅因州加德纳;卢克·辛普森,22岁,来自马萨诸塞州的罗克波特;和20岁的马萨诸塞州阿奎那的莱利·伊格纳西奥·卡梅隆。
20岁的冈萨尔维斯-拉丁当时正驾驶一辆2013款路虎揽胜在166号公路上向南行驶,汽车驶离公路,撞上了一棵树。
警方确认了20岁的诺埃尔·塔瓦雷斯(来自马萨诸塞州北法尔茅斯)和20岁的多米尼克·格科亚(来自马萨诸塞州米德尔顿)是事故中受伤的另外两人。
在一份发表在学校网站缅因州海洋学院院长杰里·s·保罗证实,该校四名学生在坠机事件中丧生,他说,“我们的社区为这些年轻的生命和他们的家人感到悲痛。”
缅因州警方已经对事故展开了全面调查。
4 Maine college students killed in crash after car strikes tree, erupts in flames
Four Maine Maritime Academy students were killed in a car crash after it crashed into a tree and erupted into flames in the town of Castine on Saturday, Main State Police confirmed.
Three other students, including the driver Joshua Goncalves-Radding, were hurt and taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Main Police identified the victims as Brian Kenealy, 20, of York, Maine; Chase Fossett, 21, of Gardiner, Maine; Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, Massachusetts; and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, Massachusetts.
Goncalves-Radding, 20, was driving south on Route 166 in a 2013 Range Rover when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree.
Police identified 20-year-old Noelle Tavares of North Falmouth, Massachusetts and 20-year-old Dominick Gecoya of Middleton, Massachusetts, as the two other people hurt in the crash.
In a statement posted on theschool’s website, Maine Maritime Academy President Jerry S. Paul confirmed that four of the school’s students died in the crash, saying, “our community is grieving for these young lives and for their families.”
Maine State Police has launched a full investigation into the crash.