Driver dies when car goes off highway, crashes through Medford store

A woman died early Friday when her car crashed through a storefront in Medford.The vehicle went across a busy intersection and crashed into the LensCrafters in the Fellsway Plaza at Wellington Circle, according to a witness.“The car was heavily damaged to the point where we almost couldn't tell what make it was,” Medford Fire Deputy Chief Scott Graham said.Fire crews responded when it was discovered that the car was leaking gasoline. Officials used foam to suppress the gas fumes, and a town company removed the vehicle. "The car went airborne across the six-lane intersection with sparks flying," witness Matt Knight said. "It sounded like a plow scrapping the ground at first."Knight said the car landed about 300 yards off the Mystic Valley Parkway and slid into the store.The driver, identified as Cleuza Dasilva, 62, of Everett, who was the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman died early Friday when her car crashed through a storefront in Medford.

The vehicle went across a busy intersection and crashed into the LensCrafters in the Fellsway Plaza at Wellington Circle, according to a witness.


“The car was heavily damaged to the point where we almost couldn't tell what make it was,” Medford Fire Deputy Chief Scott Graham said.

Fire crews responded when it was discovered that the car was leaking gasoline. Officials used foam to suppress the gas fumes, and a town company removed the vehicle.

"The car went airborne across the six-lane intersection with sparks flying," witness Matt Knight said. "It sounded like a plow scrapping the ground at first."

Knight said the car landed about 300 yards off the Mystic Valley Parkway and slid into the store.

The driver, identified as Cleuza Dasilva, 62, of Everett, who was the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.