Two people dead after serious crash in Brighton

BOSTON, Mass. — Authorities are investigating a car crash on Soldiers Field Road that killed two people Monday night.

According to State Police, an 85-year-old Belmont man was pulling his 2019 Acura out of a business in the area of 1800 Soldiers Field Road just after 7:00 p.m. when he was hit by a 2016 Infiniti traveling eastbound. The man was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later. His passenger, an 83-year-old Belmont woman, was also transported to the hospital where she died overnight.

Their identities have not been released at this time.

Soldiers Field Road was closed for several hours and finally opened at 9:00 p.m. Monday.

Three people in the Infiniti were transported to the hospital with serious but non life threatening injuries, according to police.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

No further information was available.

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