Massachusetts teen killed in rollover crash remembered as lively, funny, social butterfly who planned on being a nurse

A Massachusetts teen killed in a recent crash is being remembered.

According to police, fire and police departments responded at just after 2:15 a.m. on Sunday to a motor vehicle crash with injuries in the area of 188 Rochdale Street in Auburn.

Upon arrival, crews located a vehicle that went off Rochdale Street, overturned, and ended up partially submerged in Stoneville Reservoir.

19-year-old Finleigh Dragon, the sole vehicle occupant, was rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

According to an obituary and a GoFundMe fundraiser, “Finleigh was a 2024 graduate of Tantasqua Regional High School. She worked as a receptionist at Plant Fitness in Webster Square in Worcester and was to start classes at Quinsigamond Community College this fall for nursing. She was an outgoing, lively vivacious, young woman who was sadly taken too soon. She loved her family and friends and will be deeply missed.

“Finleigh loved the ocean and spent many summers in Ocean Park, Maine with her family. Along with many trips to the Rhode Island beaches with her friends. She was a strong, very loving and funny girl. Finleigh was a social butterfly whose presence lit up the room. She had a special bond with her brothers and made many great memories with them. She was artistic, creative and quite a fashionista though she loved to thrift shop.”

Calling hours will be held on Thursday evening, September 4, 2025, from 5 to 7PM in the Varnum Funeral Home, 43 East Main St., in West Brookfield. A graveside committal service will be held on Friday, September 5, 2025, at 11AM in North Cemetery, Maple St., in Sturbridge.

The crash remains under investigation by Auburn Police and the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.