"Mass. boy killed by out-of-control car in Maine
The driver of an out-of-control car that struck a family of four and killed a 9-year-old boy on a wharf in a small coastal Maine town said she did not know how the accident happened, police said. Cheryl Torgerson, 61, of New York City was driving in St. George at about 3 p.m. Sunday when she hit another vehicle, knocked a pedestrian into a building, and hit six more vehicles before striking a family of four from Massachusetts who were walking on the wharf, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. The boy was killed, and two other family members were flown to a Portland hospital. Police have not released the names of the family."
"Cohasset neighbors mourn boy, 9, killed in Maine; Family struck by car" by Javier Panzar | Globe Correspondent
COHASSET — Neighbors and friends shared memories of 9-year-old Dylan Gold Tuesday as his death in a car accident in Maine on Sunday shocked the South Shore community.
Gold’s family was on vacation when a motorist lost control of her car on a busy wharf in Port Clyde, Maine, striking four people....
Police said the driver of the car was Cheryl Torgerson, 61, of New York City. Her vehicle first hit another car, then rammed a local man against the wall of a craft shop, police said. Torgerson’s car kept accelerating down the wharf and slammed into six parked cars before striking members of the Gold family, said Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison....
There was no indication that Torgerson was under the influence of intoxicants, but she was taken to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport and underwent a routine blood test, Dennison said. Torgerson, who was also on vacation, has since been released, she said.
Torgerson told police her accelerator was stuck, Dennison said, and investigators are examining her car to determine whether a malfunction caused the crash....
The parents work at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and everyone is trying to make sense of the randomness of it.
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