Firefighter father responds to crash that killed son
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The town of Bridgewater is mourning the son of a firefighter and stepson of a police department member killed in a one-car crash Wednesday morning.
Eighteen-year-old Paul Chuilli Jr., of West Bridgewater,died in the crash on Aldrich Road at the intersection of Princess Pine at about 11:30 a.m. The 2001 Chevy Impala he was driving appeared to have lost control on a curve in the road before hitting a tree.
Chuilli was the son of a Bridgewater firefighter, and the stepson of a Bridgewater police department member, officials confirmed. His father was one of the first firefighters on the scene and his stepmother took the 911 phone call.
Benjamin Paulin, The Enterprise:
Bridgewater police Officer Kelly Chuilli answered a 911 call Wednesday morning that a car had crashed into a tree on Aldrich Road.
When she was told the license plate number of the black Chevy Impala, her heart sank, and she immediately called her husband, Bridgewater Firefighter Paul Chuilli Sr.
The car belonged to their son, 18-year-old Paul Chuilli Jr.
“Just going down the street, seeing his car wrapped around that tree, knowing it was him, I just had to try to do everything in my power and it just wasn’t enough,” Paul Chuilli Sr. told The Enterprise during an interview with the family at their Bridgewater home on Thursday.
