Speeding leads to Accident in Belmont

A car crash Monday evening in Belmont left two victims in the hospital. The driver was able to walk away.
The three young adults were driving down Mile Hill Rd in a white Mustang around 9 o’clock. Their car swerved off the dirt road and hit an embankment. Josie Crandall of 27 Mile Hill Rd saw the accident from her window and immediately called the police.
“I’ve never seen a car going so fast on the road.” Crandall later said. “It’s a dirt road, and it’s really easy to lose control.”
The driver Jamie Peterson, 17-years-old, of Elm St in Belmont was able to crawl out of the wreck. The jaws of life were used to free the two unknown female passengers. According to Lt. Judith Barkus of the Belmont Police.
First on scene was 17-year-old Tom Carroll Jr. who was traveling behind the Mustang on Mile Hill Rd. “I thought the worst. They were flying.” Carroll said describing the scene. “It’s hard to see kids your age in something like this. You realize when you see it what could happen, especially on this road.”
According the Carroll there were several beer cans under the car, but there has been no connection between the accident and alcohol use.
This is not the first time there has been an accident on this part of Mile Hill Rd. Back on December 24, 1998 there were two people killed in the same spot of Peterson’s accident.