Family mourn father and 15-year-old son killed in crash near Massachusetts restaurant
A Providence man and his 15-year-old son were the victims of a fatal crash in Massachusetts that sent their car into a lake, according to a relative.
They were identified as Edwin A. Sosa, 34, and his son Cristian Sosa in a GoFundMe campaign organized by Jessica Aldana, a cousin. Edwin's survivors include a 10-month-old daughter.
The crash happened Friday night near the Alicante Restaurant & Lounge in Mendon, Massachusetts, where Edwin worked as a chef.
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Sosa was pulling out of the restaurant parking lot at 84 Uxbridge Rd. with his son in the passenger seat when their car collided with a Ford F-350, which had a three-car carrier trailer attached, according to a news release from Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early's office.
According to a preliminary investigation, the crash sent the car off the road and down a 20-foot embankment into Lake Nipmuc, the district attorney said.
Mendon police, fire and emergency medical services responded to the crash and took the father and son out of the car, according to Early. They were taken to Milford Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, Early said.
The restaurant closed for the day Saturday as the staff dealt with the loss, but it reopened Sunday, Mother's Day.
'Thank you for blessing our lives with nothing but happiness'
A post on the restaurant's Facebook page calls Edwin "one of the greatest" as a chef, co-worker, father and friend. "Thank you for blessing our lives with nothing but happiness. Through some difficult times, you always had a smile on your face," the post says. "You inspired us to appreciate everything in life, especially each other."
The district attorney said Edwin was from Attleboro, but Aldana, the GoFundMe organizer, said the father and son were residing in Providence.
"Edwin was the most loving and caring person who touched many lives. Cristian was a young man with so much left to live," Aldana says in the GoFundMe. "No one ever knows the words to say in a situation like this, just to feel the unbearable crushing pain that steals the very breath you need to keep pushing forward in these moments."
Edwin leaves his girlfriend, Sylvia Aldana, and 10-month-old daughter, Melody Rose Sosa, according to the GoFundMe account.
The account is raising money for burial costs.
"Edwin, Cristian, you were beautiful souls who were loved and loved so dearly," Aldana writes. "I pray that you knew that."
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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Edwin Sosa and son Cristian are mourned by family after fatal crash
