Somerset Car Accident Leaves 20-Year-Old College Student Dead, Police Officer Injured

A car accident in Somerset in the early morning of Friday, June 10 left a 20-year-old college student dead and a police officer injured.

The officer involved in the crash was responding to a report of a carjacking when his cruiser collided with the victim’s 1999 Honda Civic around 12:30 A.M. According to State Police, the Honda was approaching a left-hand turn at an intersection when the vehicles hit head-on.  Describing the crash, Somerset Police Chief George McNeil said, “It was a pretty heavy duty collision. They bounced off each other and the officer went into the telephone pole, the other victim spun around.”

Witnesses to the accident described a loud sound and a horrific crash scene.

One witness, Mike Murray, told reporters, “We were in bed and I heard a crunch, a bad, hard loud crunch.” He went on to say that the officer “tried everything he could do” to save the other driver, adding, “He smashed the window to try and help the lady that he hit but I guess it was too late.”

The driver of the Honda Civic, 20-year-old Hailey Allard of Somerset, was rushed to Charlton Memorial Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Allard was a student at UMass Dartmouth, the school confirmed.

The officer, Jonathan Neveu, was treated for a non-life-threatening head injury at Rhode Island Hospital and released. He began his career as a reserve officer in October 2012 and became a full-time officer in January 2016.

Somerset police said in a statement, “We are all saddened by this horrible tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the person who passed away.”

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