Investigators pursue vehicle autopsy in Port Clyde crash

Source: Portland Press Herald, MaineAug.迷你倉 13--PORT CLYDE -- Investigators with the Knox County Sheriff's Department are awaiting a search warrant to conduct a vehicle autopsy on the car involved in a bizarre crash Sunday in Port Clyde that killed a Massachusetts boy.Chief Deputy Tim Carroll said Tuesday that there likely would not be any new information released until the investigation is complete.Investigators are still trying to determine how Cheryl Torgerson, 61, of New York, N.Y., lost control of her Infiniti sedan and barreled down a narrow road toward the ferry wharf in Port Clyde, a small Oceanside fishing village.Witnesses have said that Torgerson appeared to accelerate even after she struck a parked vehicle and then hit a pedestrian and building just in front of the wharf. Her car continued forward and she struck at least five more cars parked on the wharf and then collided with a family from Cohasset, Mass., who were walking toward the end of the pier to wait for a ferry.Witnesses described a loud series of crashes followed by screams for help.Dylan Gold, 9, was treated at the scene by emergency responders but died on the way to a local hospital. His mother, Allison Gold, 50, and 6-year-old brother, Wyatt, were taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where they were treated for injuries. W文件倉att was released from the hospital on Tuesday. Carroll said Allison was still in critical condition.The father, Howard Gold, was in the family's van when the accident occurred and was not harmed.Some news reports on Monday suggested that the gas pedal on Torgerson's vehicle was stuck, but Carroll said investigators have not confirmed that."The vehicle autopsy is the only way we can determine mechanical failure, and I'm not suggesting anything at this point until all data has been collected," he said.There is no evidence that Torgerson was impaired at the time of the crash. The airbag in the woman's vehicle deployed during the accident, but it's not yet clear exactly when.The first pedestrian who was hit -- Jonathan Coggeshall, 68, of Port Clyde -- was pinned against a building. He was treated for injuries at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport but was expected to recover.Torgerson was not injured, but she was hospitalized briefly for shock, police said.Both Torgerson and the Golds were in Maine on vacation and were supposed to board the ferry for Monhegan Island on Sunday afternoon.Carroll said Torgerson had family in the area.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Visit the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) at .pressherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉