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Motorcyclist might be charged after hitting car carrying pregnant woman and baby

BY DERRICK PERKINS

With her infant in the back seat, Sheenah Deyo was on her way home on Sept. 14 when she was struck by a Derry man on motorcycle going close to 100 miles per hour.

“I turned onto my street to pull over, and I saw the blue lights following him and my baby started screaming and I was screaming. I didn’t really see anything. He hit my car and it seemed like he kept going,” she said. “He hit the back and flew off. He must have not have been looking because he didn’t stop and he didn’t even slow down. I just didn’t even want to look at the motorcycle (afterward).”

According to authorities, 19-year-old Timothy Everett of Derry lost control of his motorcycle near 69 N. Policy St. after officers spotted him traveling down nearby Pelham Road at a high rate of speed at about 4:40 p.m. Authorities said Everett noticed an officer on a motorcycle turning around to follow him when he allegedly accelerated to elude police. By the time officers caught up with him, Everett had clipped the rear-end of Deyo’s vehicle as she turned onto Brookdale Road, struck a nearby curb and crashed, receiving life-threatening injuries in the process.

Eight months pregnant, Deyo said she was having contractions when authorities had her transported to the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Mass., where doctors made sure her unborn child had not been injured in the collision.

“They just checked me up. They didn’t have room for me, they just told me to see my OB/ GYN. Because I’m pregnant they couldn’t X-ray me and couldn’t give me anything for the pain. The only thing they could do is make sure the baby is OK. My two main concerns were my 1-year-old in the back seat and the baby, obviously,” she said.

Still, Deyo said she was unable to sleep at night due to the pain and has been left shaken up by the accident.

“I feel like a baseball bat hit me across the head. I hope (Everett) is OK,” she said.

Everett was later transported by helicopter to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where he is listed as in good condition, according to authorities.

Officers at the scene said Everett suffered a laceration to his arm and lost some blood. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision, police said. Witnesses told authorities that Everett had been traveling at excessive speeds and driving on the wrong side of the road before he lost control of his motorcycle. Though the investigation remains ongoing, charges may be pending, police said.

At this time, authorities are not considering the incident a police chase.

Published Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:44 PM by Salem Editor
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Paul said:

Well of course their will be charges! I hope they will include the bill for all the EMS and the hospitals too. I think they should have sat Everett's worthless butt in the hospital hallway while they treated Deyo and kept her overnight. They have special hospital rooms for people who act like him. The morgue!
September 16, 2009 5:17 PM

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