Massachusetts State Police Media Release — 04092017 — State Police Investigating Fatal Crash in Boxford
At 9:52 p.m. on Saturday April 8, 2017, numerous 911 calls reported two vehicles apparently racing on Route 95 southbound in Boxford. Moments later, 911 calls advised of a serious multi-car crash on Route 95 northbound at exit 53 in Boxford. Troopers from the State Police Barracks in Newbury immediately responded to the scene with Boxford Fire Department and EMS. Trooper Kevin O’Niel arrived on the scene of a three car crash and advised that one of the operators had life-threatening injuries. Trooper O’Niel’s initial investigation indicates that a 1997 BMW convertible, operated by 38-year-old Michael Espinola of Peabody, was traveling at a high rate of speed and crossed into oncoming traffic, striking a 2012 Acura MDX and a 2009 Honda Civic.
Espinola was transported to Beverly Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The operator of the Acura, a 64-year-old North Hampton, N.H., man, and his passenger, a 64-year-old North Hampton, N.H., woman, as well as the operator of the Honda, a 43-year-old Georgetown woman and a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger, were all transported to Beverly Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
MassDOT responded to the scene to assist with marking the lane closures. Troopers from the Collisions Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the Crime Scene Services Section responded to assist with the investigation. The Essex County District Attorney’s office was notified of the crash and will also be assisting with the investigation. Three northbound lanes of Route 95 at exit 53 were closed during the crash response and investigation. The left lane remained open during the investigation and all lanes were reopened at 1:03 a.m. this morning.
