Overnight Newton Crash Sends State Trooper, Driver to Hospital
A Reading man faces charges after he allegedly struck a State Police cruiser on the Mass Pike in Newton, injuring a trooper and himself.
A Reading man faces several charges after he allegedly crashed his car into a State Police cruiser early Wednesday morning on the Mass Pike in Newton. Peter A. Okarma, 30, faces charges of operating to endanger, entering a restricted zone and driving under the influence, State Police said. According to State Police reports, a trooper was working a detail near Exit 16 on the westbound side of the Mass Pike around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday when Okarma allegedly struck the trooper's cruiser from behind. The force of the impact caused Okarma's car to flip over, reports said, trapping Okarma in the vehicle. Crews from the Newton Fire Department extricated Okarma, who was transported to Beth Israel Hospital. Okarma, who was driving a 2001 Toyota Rav …
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Steve Crowell
8:39 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
How is it still regarded as "safe" to park a cruiser in the breakdown lane of a highway? What is it going to take to get them to recognize that it is NOT safe. If I parked a dumpster in the breakdown lane of a highway and someone got killed hitting it with their car, I'd be held responsible. It seems the best way for that to happen would be to put blue lights on the dumpster. Maybe then I wouldn'… more ›