Crime & Safety
Man Charged Following Fatal Canton Crash
Sean Jackman, 24, is expected to be arraigned Monday at Boston Medical Center, where he is hospitalized with injuries received in the early Saturday morning crash.
A Stoughton man, who police say was driving the car involved in an early Saturday morning crash on Bolivar Street in Canton that killed a Curry College student, is facing several charges, including motor vehicle homicide, wrote Norfolk County District Attorney's Office spokesman David Traub in a Sunday afternoon email to the media.
Sean Jackman, 24, has also been charged with operating under the influence, speeding and marked lanes violations, Traub wrote.
He is expected to be arraigned Monday morning at Boston Medical Center, where he is hospitalized with injuries received in the crash.
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Canton police responded to the single car crash Saturday, May 11 at about 12:05 a.m., according to the DA's office.
Evan Bard, a 20, from Agawam, was killed instantly. She was a junior at Curry College in Milton studying nursing and was a member of the school's cheerleading team.
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Jackman suffered head injuries. Jackman and Bard were the only two in the car.
"Based on a preliminary investigation, it appears that the operator of a Toyota Corolla was traveling westbound on Bolivar Street when it struck a wall and immediately thereafter a tree," according to the DA's office.
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