New Bedford man to be arraigned Tuesday for manslaughter in fatal Newbury crash
SALEM — A New Bedford man's arraignment in Essex County Superior Court in connection with the motor vehicle crash that killed an Endicott College police sergeant has been rescheduled to Tuesday.
Keoma Duarte, 40, faces two counts of manslaughter while operating under the influence charges and is currently being held on $500,000 bail.
Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 27, Duarte's 2023 Tesla Model Y was traveling southbound in the northbound lane on Interstate 95 when it collided with a 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer being driven by Endicott College Police Sgt. and father of four Jeremy Cole, 49, of Exeter, New Hampshire, in Newbury, in the vicinity of the Central Street overpass, according to the charges.
Cole was declared deceased at the scene. Duarte was transported via MedFlight to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious injuries.
Duarte is currently being held in the Middleton House of Correction, according to a court official.
According to the Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire State Police say the crash stemmed from a chase that began in Hampton just before midnight, Nov. 27. Troopers observed a Tesla traveling southbound in the northbound lane of I-95, state police said.
Surveillance footage showed the driver of the Tesla entered the northbound New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet on the highway which was closed at the time. State police said the footage then shows the driver traveling through the lot before departing from the entrance at approximately 11:45 p.m. He was first observed by a trooper driving the wrong direction less than one minute later, police said.
Troopers immediately engaged in emergency efforts to stop the wrong-way driver, according to state police, coordinating with Massachusetts State Police, who encountered the Tesla when it entered Massachusetts.
Police attempted to stop the vehicle via a tire-deflation device on I-95 in Georgetown, according to state police. However, they say the wrong-way vehicle struck Cole's Chevrolet Trailblazer in Newbury before it reached the tire deflation device.
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