Buxton Police Chief Michael Grovo says no further information will be released immediately about the car crash on Turkey Lane that claimed the life of 16-year-old Angel Greene last week.
Grovo said Thursday’s crash remains under investigation by his department, and until the York County district attorney reviews the facts, he does not plan to say who was driving the vehicle or release the names of two passengers who were hospitalized.
Grovo, just back from vacation, was working as a dispatcher at the Buxton police station Sunday night because the department was short-staffed.
“We are not releasing anything else until the district attorney has seen all the evidence,” Grovo said. “There’s a process we need to follow and my officers have been hard at work gathering the information.”
Meanwhile, Greene’s family said in her obituary that a celebration of her life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Bonny Eagle High School, where Greene was a student.
The event will be open to the public. Burial will be private.
Buxton police say Greene was ejected from a white sport utility vehicle when it left the road around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
The vehicle struck a tree and utility pole before rolling over and landing on its roof in a patch of grass. Her body was found about 20 yards away.
The girl’s mother, Christa Greene of Standish, said police told her they believe speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, which injured three other teenagers – Zakary Pacillo, 19, as well as a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy.
Buxton police identified Pacillo but not the other teenagers.
Pacillo told the Portland Press Herald last week that his friend Eddie Estey, 17, of Standish was driving the vehicle.
“I remember telling Eddie, the driver, to slow down. Instead of slowing down, he sped up,” Pacillo said.
In an interview with the Press Herald, Pacillo said Autumn Klehn, 16, of Standish was a passenger in the front seat. Pacillo said Greene was seated in the rear with him.
Pacillo denied that alcohol was a factor.
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