According to a recent news feature from Mass Live, Gina Cappello, the vice chancellor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston (UMass Boston) has died as a result of the injuries she sustained during a fatal multi-vehicle car crash in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was 52-years-old at the time of her death. She is one of two people who were killed in this tragic motor vehicle accident.
Authorities have said the accident occurred when a late model Lexus was exiting Interstate 395 in Worcester County and lost control as the driver was attempting to merge onto Sutton Avenue. The driver then allegedly struck another vehicle traveling in the area. This vehicle, a Toyota sedan, then lost control after being hit by the Lexus and crashed into two people walking down the sidewalk when the accident occurred. Both pedestrians were killed. Continue reading