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Zyoma Wasserman, 48, of Dedham is expected to face arraignment Wednesday in West Roxbury District Court on motor vehicle homicide charges in connection with the death of Catholic Memorial student Francis McInerney, 17, this summer, according to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges stem from the June 14, 2011, collision that took McInerney’s life as the West Roxbury youth crossed VFW Parkway with a group of friends at about 10 p.m. The charges come after an investigation by State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA’s office and troopers assigned to the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, according to the statement.
“Among the student body, Francis’ friends have shown great loyalty … and true compassion in honoring the memory of their friend whom we will all miss,” said Catholic Memorial spokesman Joe McGonegal after McInerney’s funeral, which took place at Mt. Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury. “The entire Catholic Memorial family grieves with the McInerneys over the loss of Francis. The faculty, staff and student body will continue to keep him and his family in our prayers.”
Several days before the funeral Mass, which took place at West Roxbury’s St. Theresa of Avila Parish, and burial, a few members of the school community reflected on what the rising senior meant to them.
A friend since seventh grade, Mark Woodall, 17 at the time, gave a speech in honor of McInerney on June 17, during a private prayer service for members of the Class of 2012 at Catholic Memorial.
“I was reflecting on … his generosity and compassion” during the speech, said Woodall.
He remembered how McInerney – whom he called both Frank and Francis - got so much joy out of the little things in life. “Frank had fun doing what he wanted and that’s all that mattered,” said Woodall.
The soon-to-be senior was coping with McInerney’s death by speaking with friends and his parents.
“I just wanted people to know how good-hearted a person he was … and how proud he was of his family,” he said.
Woodall said at the prayer service, attended by about 200 people, he was able to express his condolences to McInerney’s father.
For Nick Colarossi, McInerney’s sophomore and junior year English teacher, the teen’s death was the second in his classroom this year. In March, student Christopher Donlon died in his sleep.
“It’s surreal,” he said. “The world stopped each of these two days.”
Colarossi remembered McInerney’s talent for reading and performing parts from books read in his sophomore British literature class.
“He was a talented writer (and) he had an amazing speaking voice,” said Colarossi.
McInerney “was able to bring those characters to life,” he said. “He (would have made) the author proud.”
For his final exam Colarossi said he asked each student to pick a word and write an essay. McInerney picked the word “family” and Colarossi said rather than writing about his own family, he wrote about how we should treat everyone as family.
Zyoma Wasserman, 48, of Dedham is expected to face arraignment Wednesday in West Roxbury District Court on motor vehicle homicide charges in connection with the death of Catholic Memorial student Francis McInerney, 17, this summer, according to a press release from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges stem from the June 14, 2011, collision that took McInerney’s life as the West Roxbury youth crossed VFW Parkway with a group of friends at about 10 p.m. The charges come after an investigation by State Police detectives assigned to the Suffolk DA’s office and troopers assigned to the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, according to the statement.
“Among the student body, Francis’ friends have shown great loyalty … and true compassion in honoring the memory of their friend whom we will all miss,” said Catholic Memorial spokesman Joe McGonegal after McInerney’s funeral, which took place at Mt. Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury. “The entire Catholic Memorial family grieves with the McInerneys over the loss of Francis. The faculty, staff and student body will continue to keep him and his family in our prayers.”
Several days before the funeral Mass, which took place at West Roxbury’s St. Theresa of Avila Parish, and burial, a few members of the school community reflected on what the rising senior meant to them.
A friend since seventh grade, Mark Woodall, 17 at the time, gave a speech in honor of McInerney on June 17, during a private prayer service for members of the Class of 2012 at Catholic Memorial.
“I was reflecting on … his generosity and compassion” during the speech, said Woodall.
He remembered how McInerney – whom he called both Frank and Francis - got so much joy out of the little things in life. “Frank had fun doing what he wanted and that’s all that mattered,” said Woodall.
The soon-to-be senior was coping with McInerney’s death by speaking with friends and his parents.
“I just wanted people to know how good-hearted a person he was … and how proud he was of his family,” he said.
Woodall said at the prayer service, attended by about 200 people, he was able to express his condolences to McInerney’s father.
For Nick Colarossi, McInerney’s sophomore and junior year English teacher, the teen’s death was the second in his classroom this year. In March, student Christopher Donlon died in his sleep.
“It’s surreal,” he said. “The world stopped each of these two days.”
Colarossi remembered McInerney’s talent for reading and performing parts from books read in his sophomore British literature class.
“He was a talented writer (and) he had an amazing speaking voice,” said Colarossi.
McInerney “was able to bring those characters to life,” he said. “He (would have made) the author proud.”
For his final exam Colarossi said he asked each student to pick a word and write an essay. McInerney picked the word “family” and Colarossi said rather than writing about his own family, he wrote about how we should treat everyone as family.
