EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – A postal service employee was charged with driving drunk after crashing into multiple cars, a bank, and a pedestrian in East Longmeadow last week. Now the wife of the man who was hit is speaking out.
The wife and family of the crash victim are left devestated and struggling to cope with the aftermath.
On the seemingly ordinary day of August 26, the lives of Jessica Mann and her family were forever changed by a terrible event.
“It’s just was so traumatic and crazy.”
Jessica Mann
Mann’s husband, 30-year-old Angelo Fabozzi was simply on his way to work that morning and stopping at his usual spot, but little did he know that it would turn into a nightmare. In the slightest delay between parking his car and walking to get his coffee at the Pride Gas Station at the town’s rotary..Fabozzi was struck by a mail truck, causing serious injuries.
When Mann was on her way to a nearby starbucks, she saw the caution tape and crime scene, but didn’t know it was her husband who was injured. It wasn’t until she checked his location after several failed attempts to reach him that she found he was at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
“You know, it’s like my heart sank in my stomach. And then, I mean, Angelo’s life could have 100% been taken from this,” expressed Mann.
According to the East Longmeadow Police, this incident is the result of 54-year-old, Robert O’Sullivan of Westfield driving under the influence. Police say he admitted to having vodka in a cooler inside his USPS truck that hit Fabozzi and “having a little” earlier that day. O’ Sullivan faces multiple charges.
Fabozzi has been released from the hospital and is still recovering. He suffered bleding in the brain and currently has 15 staples in his head which will put out of work as a car mechanic for some time.
“He’s just basically sleeping a lot. you know, he can’t pick anything up. He gets very dizzy. his vision is, is completely different,” said Mann.
And now she’s worried about his long-term recovery. “They say it should fully resolve itself. But with former head trauma and head injuries, you just never know. You know, like one thing could lead to another,” said Mann.
Mann is a stay-at-home mom with two young children and has been struggling since the crash, which happened when she was nine weeks postpartum. She says she is doing everything to support and care for him.
And with the help of her best friend, organizing a meal train and her neighbors sending essential items through an Amazon wishlist, she is reminded that she is not alone. Mann also expresses she’s grateful for their helping hand.
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