A Marshfield man was convicted of second-degree homicide for driving drunk and excessive when he struck one other automotive in Pembroke, killing 13-year-old Claire Zisserson and severely injuring two others.
“I’m so (expletive) up … I know I shouldn’t have been driving … I can’t believe I did this … I drank way too much, I’m so sorry,” Gregory Goodsell informed cops on the scene of the deadly crash the morning of Dec. 29, 2019.
A Plymouth Superior Court docket Jury on Tuesday took roughly 10 minutes to convict Goodsell, 36, of second-degree homicide, motorized vehicle manslaughter whereas working below the affect, leaving the scene of property harm and two counts of working below the affect inflicting severe bodily harm. His trial lasted about two weeks. He’s scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 3.
Pembroke Police have been dispatched simply earlier than 7 that morning to the realm the place Route 139, which matches by Church Avenue by way of city, crosses Oak Avenue, in accordance with the Plymouth District Legal professional’s workplace. A Massachusetts State Police trooper who was driving dwelling after his shift was already on the scene.
There, first responders discovered a white Subaru with in depth front-end harm and a white Ford business pickup truck throughout the way in which which was flipped and had heavy passenger-side harm. Responders discovered Subaru driver Elizabeth Zisserson, 51, and two 13-year-old ladies, daughter Claire Zisserson and buddy Kendall Zemotel, seated within the backseat, affected by what the DA’s workplace known as “catastrophic injuries.” The three have been transported to South Shore Hospital, with the women then transported to Boston Kids’s Hospital for additional remedy.
Claire Zisserson didn’t survive her accidents.
An investigation revealed that Goodsell had attended an organization social gathering after which an after-party at a house earlier than getting behind the wheel of his “Hi-Way Safety Systems, Inc.” firm truck and promptly struck a tree, breaking his passenger-side headlight. Co-workers stated that they’d tried to stop Goodsell from driving however that he ignored them, the Herald reported on the time.
Investigators decided that when he broadsided Zisserson’s Subaru after rushing by way of a purple gentle at 67 mph, he had a blood alcohol content material of 0.266, nicely in extra of the 0.08 restrict, and was excessive on cocaine. Police discovered a bottle of whiskey, a beer can, two nip bottles, marijuana and a pipe contained in the truck following the crash.
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Claire Zisserson, the 13-year-old lady who Gregory Goodsell killed when he struck the automotive she was in whereas he was driving drunk and excessive on Dec. 29, 2019.(Courtesy photograph)
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A big crowd crammed Brewster Backyard Park in Plymouth for a candlelight vigil for Claire Zisserson and Kendall Zemotel on Jan. 5, 2020. (Jim Michaud/Boston Herald)
