Stoughton Teen Sentenced For Crash That Killed 4 Teens

STOUGHTON, MA — A Stoughton teen convicted of vehicular homicide in a crash that killed four Stoughton High School students was sentenced to juvenile detention until he turns 20. Naiquan Hamilton, 19, was convicted of four counts of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and was sentenced in Brockton District Court Monday.

In May 2018, Hamilton crashed his car into a tree on Route 106 in East Bridgewater, prosecutors said. Three of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, while a fourth later died at Brockton Hospital. The victims were identified as Christoper Desir, 17, of Brockton, Eryck Sarblah, 17, Nicholas Joyce, 16, and David Bell, 17, all of Stoughton.

Hamilton was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton with serious injuries before he was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment.

"There were no winners in the courtroom today," District Attorney Timothy Cruz said in the statement after the conviction. "Four lives were cut short before they ever began. They were not Mr. Hamilton's to take."