WELLFLEET, Mass. — A high school student was among three people hospitalized with serious injuries following a head-on wreck on Cape Cod on Tuesday night, authorities announced Wednesday.
Emergency crews responding to a report of a crash on Route 6 in the area of Shepley Wood Products in Wellfleet around 5:45 p.m. found a 2020 BMW crossover sedan that had collided with a 2013 Audi sedan, according to the Wellfleet Police Department.
The driver of the Audi, 18-year-old Nauset High School senior Aiden Riggins, of Orleans, and his passenger, 18-year-old Samantha Barrio, of Wellfleet, were flown to Boston area hospitals. They were last said to be in serious condition.
A passenger of the BMW, 73-year-old Robert Erickson, of Eastham, was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the BMW, 60-year-old Carlos Ibarguen, of Eastham, was uninjured.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that the BMW crossed over the double-yellow dividing lines and struck the Audi head-on in the eastbound travel lane,” Wellfleet police said in a statement.
Ibarguen has since been charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, and operating outside of his license restriction (failure to wear glasses). A request to suspend Ibarguen’s driver’s license has also been submitted to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, police noted.
The crash remains under investigation.
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