Details of Casco crash released as injured woman's condition improves - Press Herald
The condition of a woman injured in a car crash that killed her 4-year-old son has improved and new information about the accident has been released. Crystal Petersen of Gray was critically injured in the crash in Casco on Aug. Petersen, 26 at the time of the crash, was a passenger in the 1993 Honda Civic driven by her boyfriend, Michael S. Minson, 28, of Casco. Petersen’s son, Cameron Joseph Petersen, was ejected from the car when it hit a utility pole. Minson had never had a license to drive, yet his right to drive had been suspended when he crashed on Route 11. Minson was apparently racing to get to work at Dunkin’ Donuts in Naples. Minson had been tailgating one car, had just passed it and was trying to pass another on the inside edge of a curve when he lost control and crashed into the utility pole, severing the car behind the front seats, according to a crash report. The report also lists Cameron as having been restrained in a booster seat, though officials said immediately after the crash that they were not certain whether the boy had been belted in. Family members said Petersen was insistent that. Source: www.pressherald.com
