A 26-year-old driver was charged with two counts of motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, leaving the scene resulting in death and other charges after a Saturday morning crash in Methuen that left two people dead.
Katrina Nguyen, who later turned herself in at the Lawrence Police Department, was also charged with leaving the scene with personal injury, leaving the scene with property damage and driving after license suspension.
Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office said two men, ages 37 and 41, died and two others were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries in connection with the crash Saturday, shortly after 6 a.m., on Interstate 495 northbound in Methuen.
Massachusetts State Police troopers and Methuen Fire personnel were dispatched to a call and found several people trapped in a heavily-damaged pickup truck. The 37-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and the 41-year-old was taken to Lawrence General Hospital, where he later died. Their names were withheld pending family notifications.
Nguyen is expected to be arraigned in Lawrence Superior Court on Monday.