Fatal Crash on Malden/Medford Line Kills 2
Car Bursts into Flames, One Passenger Survives
Friends of the victims have covered a tree near the accident scene with memorial items.
Story Updated 12:46PM, Friday, March 21, 2008
– Allison Goldsberry
A fiery crash on the Fellsway early Friday morning claimed the lives of two people.
According to State Police, speed appears to be a factor in a crash that happened near 75 Fellsway in Malden around 4:30AM Friday morning.
The driver, 22-year-old Jean M. Olivier of Malden, and rear seat passenger, a juvenile female, were killed, and the front seat passenger, also a juvenile female, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries, according to State Police.
The deceased juvenile female was ejected from the car, which had been traveling north on Route 28 (Fellsway) and crashed just south of the Fellsway east/west split, according to a preliminary investigation by Trooper Martin Cooke. Both this female victim and the driver were pronounced dead at the scene.
Broadcast reports say the victim that survived the crash is a 17-year-old girl, and her brother was the driver. State Police have not confirmed that detail.
According to state police, the car, a 1996 BMW, was speeding down the Fellsway, crashed into a house near the Charles Street intersection, and burst into flames. No one inside the home was injured.
The juvenile victims’ identities have not been released. Part of the Fellsway was closed for more than three hours this morning as police investigated the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the State Police Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. The Malden Fire Department, Mass Highway, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation assisted State Police at the crash scene this morning.
this is a huge lost for the city of cambridge… jean was a wonderful person, he will be missed but he is forever loved && won’t be forgotten !!!
RIP Pauline you will b missed let them wings open up n fly high… gone but never forgotten
tragedy like this touches everyone’s life. My condolences to those of you who knew these people.
I met Jean just from his sweeet smile and personality at wendys . He was a very nice person and I give my condolences to his family he will be missed very much. so sorry for your loss.
Two days prior to his death I seen Jean. He was smiling and ordering food at Izzy’s in Cambridge. I was happy to see him because I haven’t seen him in a long time. We exchange a couple of words, but the last words he said to me was that he would see me around and I replied “Yeah right, you say that now, but I wont see you again.” Another incident before his death, my friend Nia had a picture of him and asked if we remembered him, and we said oh yeah, but because we haven’t seen him in a long time see threw the picture away. Nia and I believe that these occurrences were very symbolic and weird to experience this and realize that he had died and that in fact we will never see him again. He will be missed, and loved forever more. He might be gone physically, but he will remain in our hearts forever. People may pass away, but memories will always remain in the hearts of many. Condolences to the whole family especially his mother. To loose her first child and have her baby girl in a life or death situation is tremendously saddening, depressing and tragic. For a mother to loose not one but both of their children one can only have so much hope, but i know shes very hopeful for her baby to survive.
My daughter worked with Jean at Wendy’s last year. Everytime I saw Jean he was smiling and said hello to me. My condolences to his family on thier loss.
junor: i met jean by my friend and ever since that me and him were cool he alway hoocked me up wit free food at windys and now he gone and he ant comin back he was a good person i didnt hick he would suffer this bad i would rather see him go in peace itz still a shock to me ….pualine was my girl she and my gurlfriend were good friends she was a good person and wen it was time to defend her self she did im really gona miss these two they will always be in my hearts i love yall and will miss u guyz RIP………….. jessica: dam gurl i can beleive ur gone man u was my gurl we alwayz use to chill freshman year yo we had some good time and now i have to suffer nowin that i lost anther good person in my life baby gurl dam i can picture u sufferin the way u did jus now that no matter wat im still here and say wat up to guerry for me dam icnat stop cryin its jus so hard how someones life can end anytime and anywere ill miss u and ull alwayz be n my heart……….R.I.P paulina and jean …….i didnt no jean my boyfreind did but i still will give my condolences to his family and friendz cuase i no how thry fellin … well miss u both like they say the good die younge and they were both good people
Wow jean i still cant believe u gone..i have trouble accepting the fact u gone..i cant believe i seen u 2 or 3 days before u died..at 1 am i accept my friend to drive me to wendys just so i could see u ..i knew something was wrong..cuz i seen sadden in ur eyes..and i had a bad feeling for like 2 weeks..but i still cry and i still ask god why did he take a soldier like u away..u didnt deserve to go like this..u still had a long life ahead of u ..but now u gone..i will always miss u ..See u soon Boo0o boo0 rest in paradise
Omg! Its almost a year and I can’t belive your gone! I miss you soo much. Out of all the people Jean, I would of never guessed you would passed away. That good friday, I woke up thinking it was going to be a “GOOD FRIDAY” but a few minutes after I woke up I got a phone call saying that you passed away in a car crash. I didn’t believe it at first until I turned on the tv nd I saw your car, I saw your mom, I saw your dad nd I started crying nonstop. The thought of you dying never crossed my mind. I expected you to live a long, full life. You were such an angel, always smiling, and never had something bad to say. I never understood how you did what you did…you were loved by all. Til this day, I still can’t believe your gone! I wish I could have saw your face, your smile, hear your laugh just one last time. You will always be remembered and never forgotten. I miss you more than you can ever imagine…
[your cousin) -Manisha.
*7.23.85-3.21.08*
A cousin lost but an angel gained
Jean is my brother. I never got to meet him because our father is a peice of ****. Our brother Anthony died on May 13 2007 at age 25 and I dont think my father even knows. I have been trying to find him for 25 years and this is the closest I’ve ever come. Someone help me please