Saugus man killed in Route 93 crash

SAUGUS – A Saugus man, en route to New Hampshire for a day of fishing, died early Saturday after being struck and killed by an alleged drunken Lawrence woman who was speeding on Route 93 north in Andover.Francis O’Hanley, 62, of 5 High St., died shortly after the crash, while one his passengers, Joseph A. Coppola, 57, of Malden, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. O’Hanley’s son, Timothy, escaped with minor injuries.”He was my best friend and he loved us so much,” said O’Hanley’s wife, Nancy. “He made us feel so safe and was such a good man.”According to a press release issued by the State Police, Shayna Fernandez, 21, of Lawrence was allegedly driving drunk and speeding when her Acura RSX slammed into a Chevrolet Blazer, driven by O’Hanley.The accident happened at approximately 7 a.m., where authorities say Fernandez hit O’Hanley’s car twice, causing it to roll over and come to rest in the median. O’Hanley was rushed to Lawrence General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His son, Timothy, was also taken to the hospital and later released, while Coppola was taken to Lawrence General Hospital and then flown by medical helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he died of his injuries on Sunday.Fernandez, who was not injured, was arrested at the scene and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol. She is expected to be arraigned today at Lawrence District Court.In her home on Sunday afternoon, a soft-spoken Nancy O’Hanley, still in shock from her loss, remembered her fun-loving husband.”He went fishing every Saturday,” she said. “He would pack a lunch every Friday night, get the ice and hook up the boat. My son and him had been doing that for years.”Nancy O’Hanley said she didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to her husband before he left around 6:30 a.m., but was given the chance to say a final goodbye within the hour.”My son called me from the scene and I could tell by his voice that something was wrong,” she said. “He said they were doing CPR on dad and said he was going to put the phone by his ear so that I could say I loved him. I did?I heard him take a couple of breaths and that was it.”A retired auto mechanic at Davidson Chevrolet in Malden, O’Hanley was beginning to enjoy life after work and was in a relaxed, happy state of mind, according to his wife.”He was a very simple man,” she said. “He loved his house, his yard, his neighbors. She (Fernandez) threw it all away. My son, my entire family is devastated.”Sitting on his family’s front porch, Timothy O’Hanley struggled to remain composed as he spoke of his father and of seeing him take his last breaths.”He always found the upside of the down and would give you the shirt off of his back,” he said. “We were really close.”