Lynn teen dead in Salem crash

LYNN – A 19-year-old Lynn man traveling with two small children was killed in a single-car accident just before midnight Saturday afternoon when he apparently failed to negotiate a turn on a busy Salem street.Salem police say 19-year-old Maycotulio Martinez of 68 Orchard St. died early Sunday morning in Salem Hospital from injuries sustained when he lost control of his vehicle, crossed the center line and smashed head on into a concrete wall.The accident took place at 11:34 p.m. Saturday in between 34 and 36 Wilson Street in Salem, a well-traveled road connecting Highland Avenue (Route 107) with Jefferson Avenue.According to a police report, Martinez was traveling eastbound on Wilson Street around a right bearing curve when he apparently lost control, crossed the line and and hit the concrete wall at a high rate of speed.Two passengers, a 12-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl, both of Lynn, were also in the car at the time of the crash, but experienced only minor injuries. Both were taken to Salem Hospital for observation Saturday night.An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing, but preliminary reports from police suggest that speed is a factor.According to police, this is the second accident on that curve in recent weeks but, given the thousands of motorists that travel that road each day, accidents are few and far between and typically minor in nature.Police say that all of the car’s airbags were deployed in the accident and both the driver and the 12-year-old passenger were wearing seat belts, while the 4-year-old was properly secured in a car seat.