Commonwealth v. Callahan

A grand jury indicted the defendant for motor vehicle homicide in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 24G (b) (1986 ed.), and for leaving the scene of a collision after causing personal injury in violation of G. L. c. 90, § 24 (2) (a) (1986 ed.). These charges resulted from an incident on April 5,1986, in which a pickup truck driven by the defendant struck eleven year old Stephen Scofield, who was operating a “go cart” on privately owned property known as the “sand pits” in Norfolk. In accordance with the language of the applicable statutes, each indictment alleged that the offense took place in “[a]…