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29-04-2025
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Mass. teen killed in crash was an 'undefeated' athlete, giving and kind to others
Maisey O'Donnell, one of three Concord-Carlisle High School seniors who died in a crash in Florida, was remembered as a gifted athlete, an honors student and led by example, her family said in her obituary. At around 9:28 p.m. on April 21, James McIntosh, Hannah Wasserman, O'Donnell and a third teenage girl were in an SUV driving west on Route 98 in Walton County, near Panama City Beach, Florida, when they were struck by a tractor-trailer trying to make a U-turn in a paved median, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report obtained by MassLive. The SUV crossed the median and the highway's eastbound side before stopping along the woodline, police said. Wasserman and McIntosh died, while O'Donnell later died at the hospital, Concord-Carlisle Regional School District Superintendent Dr. Laurie Hunter said in a statement obtained by WCVB-TV. The third teenage girl was last reported in critical condition. Born Catherine Mason O'Donnell on Oct. 16, 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee, she was raised in Concord, her family wrote. As a student, she was a two-time Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I State Diving champion, 'undefeated in her junior and senior seasons,' her family continued. 'She was the three-time North Sectionals Champion and Dual County League Champion and a four-year varsity letter winner,' her obituary read. 'In club diving, as a four-year member of Boston Area Diving, she earned [Amateur Athletic Union] All-American honors her junior year and competed at USA Diving Nationals and Red, White, and Blue Nationals.' O'Donnell was an honors student and a member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Commended Scholar, her family wrote. She planned to attend Williams College and 'was eagerly looking forward to diving for the Ephs.' 'Maisey was beautiful, inside and out,' her family wrote. 'She was humble, ethical, and highly intelligent. She could perform under pressure and rise to the occasion. She was a tremendous friend, sister, and daughter. She was giving and kind, especially with the many younger divers in the diving community.' With other divers, she led by example and celebrated others, her family wrote. O'Donnell was a fan of Taylor Swift, loved Crumbl cookies 'and her daily iced coffee,' the obituary read. 'She made sure her hair was done, regardless of how little she had slept,' her family wrote. 'She was a self-described optimist.' O'Donnell is survived by her parents, Elizabeth O'Donnell and Christoph O'Donnell; her sister Emery 'Emmy' C. O'Donnell; her great-grandfather Thomas L.P. O'Donnell Sr. of Hingham; her grandparents R. Keating Hagmann and Ann R. Hagmann of Cos Cob, Connecticut; her aunts Caroline R. Hagmann of Stamford, Connecticut and Anna C. O'Donnell and her husband Bulent Ceylon of Bangkok, Thailand; her uncle Tilman J. O'Donnell and his wife Melinda Kinnaman of Stockholm, Sweden; and her four cousins. Visitation hours for family and friends will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 2, at Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford St. The funeral Mass will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at St. Bernard's Church at Holy Family Parish, 12 Monument Square. James McIntosh, Mass. teen killed in Florida crash, was independent, creative Hannah Wasserman, Mass. teen killed in Florida crash, loved history and dance New Bedford man killed in I-195 crash loved to play music, 'lit up every room'
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23-04-2025
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Maisey O'Donnell, Two-Time State Diving Champion, Dead at 18
Originally appeared on E! Online A Massachusetts high school community is in mourning. Two-time state diving champion Maisey O'Donnell and her Concord-Carlisle High School classmates Jimmy McIntosh and Hannah Wasserman, were killed in a car accident in Florida, just a little over a month before their graduation from the Boston area school. A fourth passenger, an 18-year-old woman, remains in critical condition. The high school seniors all 18, were traveling in an SUV on a highway in the Florida Panhandle just before 9:30 p.m. April 21—the first day of their school's spring break—when their vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer as it was performing a U-turn on a paved median, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement to E! News. The car carrying the teens then traveled moved across the median and both eastbound lanes before coming to a rest off the road, police said, adding that Jimmy, who was driving the car, and Hannah were pronounced dead on the scene. Maisey and the unnamed fourth passenger were transported to a hospital in critical condition. The tractor-trailer's driver and passenger, men aged 19 and 23, respectively, were unharmed, police said in their statement. Maisey, who had planned to attend Williams College, received a slew of tributes from friends and family on social media. "I don't really have words. I never thought this day would come," her younger sister Emmy O'Donnell wrote on her Instagram April 22, alongside photos of the two. "I love you more than anything in this world. You were my sister but my best friend. There was never a day that you weren't there for me when i needed you most." More from E! Online Kanye West Says He Had Past Incestuous Relationship With Cousin Lily Allen's Ex David Harbour Has 2-Word Response to Their Breakup Sophie Nyweide Investigation: Former Actress Was Pregnant When She Died Following the tragedy, officials in their school district shared their grief. "The Concord-Carlisle High School community has learned of a tragic car accident that took place in Florida on Monday night, "Concord-Carlisle Regional School District Superintendent Dr. Laurie Hunter said in a statement April 22, per Boston TV station WCVB. "Two seniors, Jimmy McIntosh and Hannah Wasserman, passed away as a result of the accident." The statement continued, "We offer our deep condolences to the families and friends of Hannah and Jimmy during this unimaginable time. Their loss will be deeply felt by our school community as well as by so many families in Carlisle and Concord." The superintendent than shared an update later that day. "We learned that a third CCHS senior, Maisey O'Donnell, passed this afternoon," she said in a new statement. "Maisey is in the organ donation program as her family hopes that it will give meaning to these meaningless tragedies." Maisey, who had planned to attend Williams College, received a slew of tributes from friends and family on social media. "I don't really have words. I never thought this day would come," her younger sister Emmy O'Donnell wrote on her Instagram April 22, alongside photos of the two. "I love you more than anything in this world. You were my sister but my best friend. There was never a day that you weren't there for me when i needed you most." Describing Maisey as "so kind, funny and smart," she continued, "I remember the times when it felt like nothing else mattered and it was just you and me laughing together. To those who knew you, you were so special. You were so full of light and potential. I don't know what to do without you. You were my inspiration and my role model in everything I did." Emmy said she "will always remember every drive to school, vacation, food and gym run" with her sister. "You will always be so loved by everyone," she added. "I know you will always be watching over me and I promise to make you proud. Rest easy." For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
