Kristen Abreu, a 30-year-old Bradford paramedic, is dead after her car struck a tree on Mishawum Road overnight.
A 30-year-old Bradford woman is dead after a single-car crash overnight on Mishawum Road.
Kristen J. Abreu, 30, a paramedic, died at 1:05 a.m. from injuries suffered in the accident. Police said she was the driver and was trapped in the car after the crash.
Woburn Police and Fire were called to the area of 72 Mishawum Road at 12:11 Friday morning after several people reported a one-car accident.
According to police, the car, a black Ford Explorer, struck a tree and was found across the road facing the even numbered side of the street, while the rear of the truck was facing the odd numbered homes.
Woburn Patrolman Dennis Courtney, the first to arrive on the scene, found Abreu trapped and began first aid when Woburn Fire EMTs arrived to take over.
Police shut down Mishawum from Eaton Avenue to Forest Park while Abreu was freed from the vehicle. The 30-year-old woman was taken to Lahey Clinic in Burlington, along with a passenger from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead by doctors there at 1:05 a.m.
The passenger, a 20-year-old male paramedic, was able to exit the vehicle by himself and was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
According to police, the passenger told officers that he and Abreu had been at Joe’s American Bar and Grill earlier in the evening.
“He asked if she was OK to drive, and she assured him that she was fine to drive,” recalled Officer Courtney. “He went on to to say that she had a drink or two.”
Police said the man told Abreu to put on her seatbelt and that she “slipped [it] behind her and buckled it in.”
According to the passenger’s statement, police said, the Explorer was traveling at approximately 40 to 45 miles per hour, when Abreu began playing with the radio as they neared the bend at Forest Park Road.
“She swerved the steering wheel for no known reason, then tried to correct it,” said Officer Courtney, recounting the passenger’s statement. “The vehicle went up on two wheels, then the next thing he knew, the vehicle struck a tree.”
The passenger told officers they were not racing any other cars and he did not see anything that would have made Abreu swerve, said police.
Athena
3:11 pm on Friday, July 22, 2011
Very sad indeed. Two important messges: NEVER drink and drive, and always wear a seatbelt.
Barbara Suez
9:27 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Who are you two people bickering back and forth while this poor girl has passed. Shut up!
jovannie
11:21 am on Wednesday, July 27, 2011
She was a friend, a sister, a daughter to us. No matter what Choices we make as humans in this free country we still have to respect one another. The only acception to that rule is those who have No heart.
jovannie
11:21 am on Wednesday, July 27, 2011
May she rest in peace.(My sister in EMS)
Lisa Etheridge
5:45 pm on Friday, July 29, 2011
So Young, So Beautiful and So So tragic..RIP Kristen!
You will be missed... :o(
JMM
1:36 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2011
This is horribly and insensitively written. If you're going to insinuate that the driver was reckless, follow up the story with facts that prove she was not drunk and that a seat belt would not have saved her. If you want to be a journalist, then do the work.
Joe
9:17 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2011
This is what the Woburn Patch does. They report on what they hear on the scanner then actually doing investigative journalism. This is just a gossip column for the Woburn big mouths. When is the last time you saw a story followed up, and I don't mean reprinting the police log.
Jay Boyer
2:18 pm on Monday, August 1, 2011
@JMM and @Joe
This was a tragic accident and the facts that were made available to the media by the WPD were reported here. Nowhere are the words reckless,drunk or use of seatbelt said to save her life used. No one was there except for the witness in the car and all that was being reported on were his words. Just because you don't like the manner in which it was reported does not make horrible or insensitive. No one is smearing her name and no one is making her out to be a bad person. It was a tragic loss of life which I am sure has hit everyone very hard. Perhaps check out the images of the memorial that were on this site as well. So try that for your follow up. I'm sure her friends and family would just like to let her RIP and not see a story about this tragedy everyday. Sorry you disagree.
JMM
5:54 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
You most certainly insinuated that the driver was reckless. “He asked if she was OK to drive, and she assured him that she was fine to drive,” recalled Officer Courtney. “He went on to to say that she had a drink or two.”
If you hadn't, you wouldn't have comments like Athena.
Athena
7:02 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.”
J.W van Goethe
Danielle Masterson
8:04 am on Wednesday, August 3, 2011
A friendly reminder about comments, which also emphasizes that words in quotations are the words of others and not Woburn Patch. Reporters at Woburn Patch do not editorialize on the news and are reporting the information and quotations from others. - http://patch.com/A-fNZS
abc123
12:15 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
I wish everybody on here would stop arguing and just remember the beautiful life we lost that night. Yes, it was a bad decision to drive without a seatbelt, and yes I would advise everybody to wear one, but I'm choosing not to remember that one mistake when I think of Kristen. Kristen was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. She was one of the nicest people I knew. She always had a good sense of humor and an optimistic attitude. Krissy always had a smile on her face and in turn, it made others smile. She was an EMT and devoted her life to helping others and saving countless lives. She was a hero. Her family was permanently changed that day, and she is so missed. Even though at times I feel angry at her for leaving us all, I choose to remember her beautiful life, rather than her tragic death, and I think you all should too. I love you Kristen. Rest in the sweetest peace.