'Colin was full of energy': Family describes the moment two-year-old boy was killed in tragic crash as trial begins

'Colin was full of energy': Family describes the moment two-year-old boy was killed in tragic crash as trial begins
Colin was killed by a car in a chain reaction type accident (Craig F Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: The family and caretaker of a 2-year-old South Boston toddler named Colin Thomas McGrath who was killed by a car in 2018 testified on Tuesday at Suffolk Superior Court in an emotional manner at the trial of the driver accused of causing the incident, Charlene Casey. They described the deadly automobile crash and the moment they heard the boy had died.

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There has been a lot of emotional testimony in court over the last week as witnesses recount the chain reaction automobile disaster. On a Wednesday afternoon in July 2018, McGrath, who had not yet reached the age of three but would have done so at the end of the month of August, died after being turned by an automobile on L Street in South Boston. According to the authorities, his nanny was pushing him along in a stroller when a chain reaction accident caused a van to go up on the curb and struck both the child and his 4-year-old sister.