CAMBRIDGE – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine Elow have confirmed an ongoing investigation into a fatal, multi-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:15 a.m. on Friday at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street.
The preliminary investigation suggests that an SUV operated by Lauren Mullins, 32, of Roselle Park, NJ was travelling eastbound on Massachusetts Avenue near the intersection of Vassar St. The SUV allegedly struck a moped and subsequently struck an MIT Police cruiser, both of which were traveling eastbound ahead of Mullins’ SUV. The operator of the moped, Daniel O’Neil, a 73-year-old resident of Boston, was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where he later died. Mullins was arrested on-scene by Cambridge Police on charges of Operating Under the Influence – Liquor with Serious Bodily Injury and Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
At her arraignment on Friday, Mullins bail was set at $15,000, the defendant was ordered not to consume alcohol or drugs, not to drive, to remain in Massachusetts and to submit to random drug and alcohol screens. During the defendant’s bail hearing, her bail was also revoked on a pending case out of the Boston Municipal Court. Following the death of the victim, the case has been advanced for a bail hearing which has been scheduled for Thursday…