Newton to Install Barriers Outside of Fatal Crash Site

Newton, MA – The city will install barriers outside of a West Newton restaurant where a car crash killed two customers and left seven patrons and employees injured earlier this year.

Stephanie Foner, director of Community Engagement in the mayor's office, said in an email that approximately 12 protective barriers are planned for the Sweet Tomatoes on Washington Street. They are expected to be installed sometime in August.

Meanwhile, the restaurant plans to reopen this summer and could do so as soon as this month. Temporary barriers will be put into place before the city installs permanent ones, WBZ reported.

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Two people died and seven were injured after an SUV failed to stop coming down Chestnut Street and smashed through the front of the Sweet Tomatoes on March 1.

Eleanor Miele, 57, of Watertown, and Gregory Morin, 32, of Newton, were killed in the crash.

The driver of the SUV was later identified by the Boston Globe as 55-year-old Bradford Casler, a Newton resident.

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