Man Indicted In Double Fatal Crash In North Reading, DA Says

NORTH READING, MA — A man has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with a crash that led to the death of an Andover man and his young daughter, according to a statement from prosecutors.

Matthew Sweeney, 21, of Paxton, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of felony motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence and operating to endanger in connection with a fatal crash.

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The accident occurred Aug. 22 at 10:45 p.m. Sweeney was driving an Acura MDX at speeds close to 100 mph on Route 28 when he struck a Honda Accord that was stopped at a red light, prosecutors said.

The Honda became engulfed in flames. First responders attempted to get two people out of the car, but they both died at the scene of the crash.

The victims were identified as Samir Naili, 35, and his 8-year-old daughter, Kashmira Naili, both of Andover.

Sweeney will be arraigned Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.