Crime & Safety

Teen Still Critical After Crash

A Grafton man has been charged with homicide by negligent operation.

The Worcester man seriously injured in crash allegedly caused by a Grafton man that killed two other teens remains in critical condition.

Jesus Molina, 19, was still listed in critical condition this morning in the intensive care unit of UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus. He and Joel Rodriguez, 19, were passengers in a car driven by Andres Guzman, 18, that was involved in a crash at 2: 30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at Chandler and Piedmont streets.

Guzman and Rodriguez were killed.

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Robert Curran, 22, of 33 Buttercup Lane, South Grafton, has been charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in personal injury/death, two counts of homicide by negligent operation, one count of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and speeding.

Curran was driving a 2001 Acura that police say crashed into the Guzman vehicle while traveling at a high rate of speed, police said.

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Curran fled the scene and was later located at the emergency room of UMass Memorial Medical Center _ University Campus, where he reportedly told hospital staff that he had been injured in a bar fight, police reports said.

Curran was arraigned Tuesday, Oct. 11 at his hospital bedside. He is scheduled to appear Nov. 8 in Worcester District Court if he is released from the hospital by then. 

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