Crime & Safety
Search Warrants Prompt Investigation in Recent Boxborough Teen Car Accident
The following information was supplied by the Boxborough Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
, a 17-year-old girl operator from Acton and a 16-year-old boy passenger from Boxborough were flown to UMASS Worcester after their car hit a tree on Burroughs Road in Boxborough around 6:30 p.m.
According to Boxborough Police Chief, Warren Ryder, the police obtained a search warrant to go inside the vehicle and conduct a proper investigation. There are no results from the investigation available as of yet. A search warrant was also obtained for the drivers blood and medical records. The police will request an order from the court to read the records and then send the blood off to a lab to be analyzed. Ryder said the results will be back within a couple of weeks.
"Whenever we are given the opportunity to step back and to proceed cautiously, we always prefer to have a search warrant because it just solidifies our probable cause," said Ryder.
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Ryder said that the conditions of both victims have improved but did not go into further detail.
, Ryder stated speed was a factor.
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"We have indication the vehicle was traveling at such a high rate of speed and impairment has no been ruled out yet," said Ryder.
