Marblehead Man Among the Injured in Serious Swampscott Crash Saturday

Four young men injured in a serious crash in Swampscott early Saturday come from Swampscott, Marblehead and Nahant.

On Saturday, Sept. 14 at approximately 12:56 a.m. the Swampscott Police were notified of a single-vehicle crash in front of 20 Stetson Avenue in Swampscott, said David Procopio, a State Police spokesman. 

The vehicle’s four occupants exited the car on their own, or were pulled to safety by bystanders, he said.  

The left rear passenger, Thomas Joseph Dejoy, 26, of Marblehead, was transported for treatment of serious life-threatening injuries.  Patch will check on his condition once state police verifies the hospital to which he was transported. 

The driver, Daniel Madigan-Fried, 24, of Swampscott, was transported for treatment of serious non-life threatening injuries, the state police spokesman said.  

The right front passenger, Michael Caira, 26, of Nahant, was transported for treatment of serious life-threatening injuries. Michael was listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

The right rear passenger, Colin Dejoy, 24, of Swampscott, was transported for treatment of serious non-life threatening injuries, the state police spokesman said. 

Upon arrival officers found a white Chrysler 300 had struck the granite wall of an abandoned railroad trestle and had caught on fire.  

Preliminary investigation indicates that the operator failed to negotiate a curve in Stetson Avenue, police said. The reason why he lost control of the vehicle remains under investigation, police said. 

The crash is currently under investigation by Sgt. Eric Bernstein of the Massachusetts State Police.  Assisting with the investigation are members of the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Swampscott Police Department. 

No further information about specific details of the crash is being released at this time.

The Massachusetts State Police assumed primary investigative responsibility for this crash, even though it occurred on a local road, at the request of Swampscott Police. That request was made to avoid the potential appearance of a conflict of interest, because the operator of the Chrysler has a familial relationship to the Swampscott Police Chief, state police said. 

It is common for State Police to take over investigation of local jurisdiction cases with circumstances such as these if local departments request us to do so, the spokesman said. 

State Police commended Chief Madigan for his integrity in taking the proper course of action and asking MSP to handle the investigation. 

State Police will determine whether criminal charges are warranted based by analyzing the evidence and applying the facts to the applicable laws.

Editor's Note: We are awaiting information to update this post. State police is checking information it released on the names of hospitals where patients were transported.