Ronald Herington, 75, of Marion, was killed on the evening of December 17 when his Acura became engulfed in flames after his vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant, hit rocks, and then struck trees on Point Road in Marion. Local police had received a call just before 8:30pm that night about a car crash near the Kittansett Golf Club. The caller told the dispatcher that there was a car on fire and that there was someone inside the burning car.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene of the crash and were able to put the car fire out. Herington was pronounced dead at the scene after being taken from the burnt car. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
Herington’s home in Marion had been damaged by a chimney fire back on October 9 of this year and the adjunct business professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth had been staying elsewhere while his roof and other necessary repairs were made. The car crash is currently under investigation by local and state police as they try to uncover what may have caused the tragic crash.
Statistics on Older Drivers
Across the U.S. in 2008, there were about 183,000 older drivers who were injured in car accidents, which corresponded to 8% of all individuals who were hurt in accidents over the course of the year. Older drivers accounted for 15% of all fatalities when it came to traffic-related accidents that same year.
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