THE NEW YORK POST – Three Massachusetts high school seniors killed in a deadly crash during their Florida spring break last month were barreling down the road at a frightening 110 mph, in the dark, before the fatal collision, according to investigators.
James McIntosh, 18, was driving on US 98 near Panama City “at an excessive speed” with three other teens when the vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer that was making a U-turn on April 21, according to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol obtained by the Boston Globe.
McIntosh “failed to slow to traffic turning in front of him” moments before the wreck that killed him, Hannah Wasserman, 17, and state diving champion Maisey O’Donnell, 18.
The force of the wreck caused the SUV to cross the median and stop in a wooded area on the opposite side of the highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
“This car was just going so fast. It shouldn’t have happened.”
O’Donnell — a star athlete at Concord-Carlisle High School — was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital three days after the crash.
A fourth unidentified 18-year-old senior was critically injured in the crash, but no update was given on their condition, according to the report.
Investigators found that Wasserman was not wearing a seatbelt during the crash.
McIntosh was also not tested for having drugs or alcohol in his system, the Boston Globe reported.
The tractor trailer driver, Kadyn DeWayne Ainsworth, 19, was estimated to be driving about 20 mph and failed to yield to the right of way when Mclntosh crashed into the truck.
The report did not indicate whether Ainsworth was cited or charged, the outlet reported.
The force of the wreck caused the SUV to cross the median and stop in a wooded area on the opposite side of the highway, the Florida Highway Patrol said …
