Massachusetts State Police, local police charge driver after 14-year-old pedestrian facing life-threatening injuries

Chelsea Police and the Massachusetts State Police are investigating a crash that caused life-threatening injuries to a 14-year-old pedestrian shortly after 8 PM Sunday in the parking lot of a Beacham Street cannabis dispensary.

According to Dave Procopio of Massachusetts State Police, preliminary investigation by Officers and Troopers indicates that at approximately 8:10 p.m. a 2020 Mercedes Benz sedan being operated by 44-year-old Ceserino Borelli of Watertown was westbound on Beacham Street at a high rate of speed. Evidence indicates that the Mercedes exited the roadway into the Dunkin parking lot at 276 Beacham St., causing property damage and then driving through a metal fence that surrounded the parking lot of the RISE Dispensary cannabis shop at 200 Beacham St. The Mercedes also struck a parked and occupied Mercedes SUV and then struck the teenage girl, who was standing in the RISE Dispensary parking lot.

After hitting the victim, the Mercedes continued through the parking lot and struck a parked Nissan SUV. The suspect exited the vehicle and walked towards the front of RISE before lying down on the sidewalk.

Chelsea Police Officers were first on-scene and immediately began rendering life-saving medical aid to the victim until Chelsea Fire Department and Cataldo Ambulance personnel arrived on scene and took over the victim’s care.

The victim, an Everett resident, was transported to a Boston hospital, where she is in critical condition.

Borelli was charged with numerous motor vehicle offenses by Chelsea Police. He was transported to a Boston hospital after complaining of back pain; he remains hospitalized under Chelsea Police guard.

The investigation into the facts and circumstances of the crash remains ongoing; additional charges against the suspect are possible depending on the results of that investigation.

The investigation is being conducted by the Chelsea Police, the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.