Parents Mourn Marine Veteran Killed In Crash; GoFundMe Page Raises $200K
MASHPEE (CBS) - A GoFundMe page has raised more than $200,000 for the wife and newborn of a Marine veteran who was among two people killed in a head-on collision in Cotuit over the weekend.
Kevin Quinn, 32, was hit by another car on Route 28 after having just visited his wife and newborn baby in the hospital. Police say a Toyota sedan crossed the center line and ran into Quinn's SUV head on.
Quinn's family and friends hugged each other and cried as they installed a beautiful sign at the place he was hit and killed.
"He was a very loving son. Awesome husband. And he was so proud to be a dad," Kevin's mother Janet Quinn said. "That truly will be his legacy. His daughter."
Through their tears, Quinn's parents proudly remembered the man their son was.
"He loved everybody he helped everybody," Kevin's father John Quinn said. "His heart was bigger than him. He's got Marine friends calling from all over the world"
The driver of the other car, 22-year-old Mickey A. Rivera of Fall River, died instantly. Rivera had a criminal record and was out on reduced bail at the time of the crash. His passenger, 24-year-old Jocelyn Goyette of New Bedford, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Just minutes before the crash, a Mashpee officer alerted a police dispatcher that he was pursuing a Toyota with two occupants that was driving erratically and speeding, according to police audio transmissions recorded by Broadcastify.
The Toyota, the officer relayed to dispatch, had blown through several stop signs and was seen crossing marked lanes.
"Attempting to stop a vehicle. I'm on Route 28... My speed is 65, he's now passing vehicles on Route 28," the officer said with his cruiser's siren blaring in the background, according to the recording.
The officer then reported the Toyota vehicle "has left the roadway and has crashed."
"Send rescue... we need multiple rescue units," the officer told dispatch.
Quinn was rushed to South Shore Hospital with severe injuries and later died. He was a combat veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, then came back to Mashpee to start a business and family.
After hearing of Quinn's death, his friends set up the Kevin Quinn Memorial Fund with a goal of $10,000. By Monday night, the GoFundMe page had raised more than $200,000.
Before the crash, Quinn had been visiting his wife, Kara, and their newborn baby daughter, Logan Audrey -- who was born on Wednesday -- in the maternity ward of Cape Cod Hospital.
He was supposed to be returning to the hospital later that morning to bring them both home.
The crash remains under investigation, police said.
"We are in the early stages of what is going to be a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the Mashpee Police Department's involvement of the facts and circumstances leading up to this terrible tragedy," Mashpee Police Chief Scott W. Carline said in a statement.
