A 26-year-old Boston woman died in an alleged intentional street assault, according to reports. The devastated mother of a murdered woman wants the driver allegedly involved in the fatal crash to “burn straight in hell”.
According to preliminary information investigation Ryan Sweat was driving on Route 85 in the Boston suburb of Hopkinton on Thursday night when he “engaged in an apparent road rage incident with another vehicle,” according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.
At some point, the occupants of the other vehicle exited the vehicle, including Destini Dekov. Authorities said Sweat then drove his Honda Civic and “then made a U-turn at a high rate of speed, striking the victim in the roadway.”
said witness Brett Martin. WBZ-TV“He chose to turn around and he chose to come back. He knew what he was doing when he went towards that girl.”
“I could see there was a bit of road violence going on,” Martin claimed.
“I saw her coming down in the air towards the street…her jacket must have been 20 feet away from her, but she got hit and her clothes went flying,” Martin said. Told.
Prosecutors said Ms. Sweat tackled Dekoff and “slammed her several feet into the air.”
Dekov was rushed to hospital with injuries “from head to toe,” his mother said. She suffered a brain hemorrhage. Collapsed lungs. internal bleeding; and fractures in her shoulder, ribs, and tibia.
of new york post “After spending a night in surgery to remove part of her skull and remove her spleen to relieve pressure on her brain, Dekov was placed on a ventilator. She died without regaining consciousness. ”, he reported.
Dekov died from his injuries Sunday.
sweat reportedly He said he drove away but made a conscious decision to turn back.
However, prosecutors said in court that officers saw Sweat leave the crime scene at a high rate of speed.
Sweat said the driver of the other car slammed on the brakes in front of him.
Mr. Sweat, 36, claimed that the people in the other vehicle threatened to kill him and that one of them pointed a knife at him.
One officer claimed that when Sweat was pulled over by police, he yelled, “They’re trying to kill me!”
Sweat, of Milford, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon inflicting serious bodily injury, dangerous driving and gross lane violation.
Before her daughter’s death, Dekov’s mother accused the driver of road rage.
While her young daughter was on life support, Tracy Dekoff wrote on Facebook: “With every fiber of my being, I hope she burns directly in hell!”
After Destini’s death, her grieving mother wrote, “Today my greatest fear as a mother came true. My first born child and best friend is no longer with me.”
Mr. Sweat was jailed without bail.
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