A Marshfield man was found guilty Tuesday of charges including second-degree murder for killing a 13-year-old girl and seriously injuring two people when he drunkenly slammed his truck into their car, prosecutors said.
Gregory Goodsell, 36, was also convicted of charges of motor vehicle manslaughter while operating under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage and two counts of operating under the influence causing serious bodily injury, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz’s office announced. Goodsell’s sentencing is set for Oct. 3.
Goodsell was convicted after a two-week trial and more than 10 hours of jury deliberations, Cruz’s office said in a statement posted to X.
At around 6:50 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2019, Pembroke police learned of a two-car crash on Route 139 Pembroke with injuries. An off-duty Massachusetts State Police trooper arrived to the area first, and found a white Subaru with three people inside had sustained heavy front-end damage, according to the statement.
Across the road, first responders found a white Ford pickup truck driven by Goodshell “fully turned around and with heavy passenger side damage.” First responders pulled three people from the Subaru with “catastrophic injuries,” Cruz’s office said.
Elizabeth Zisseron, 50, her daughter, Claire, 13, and her friend Kendall Zemotel, 13, were all taken to South Shore Hospital. Both 13-year-olds were later taken to Children’s Hospital in Boston, where Claire Zisserson died of her injuries.
Prior to the crash, Goodsell had attended a company party and then a house party in Pembroke. He left the party at around 6:40 a.m. in his company-issued truck, hitting a tree and breaking his passenger side headlight, according to the statement.
Goodsell had a blood alcohol level of 0.266, more than three times the legal limit, at the time of the crash and was under the influence of cocaine, according to the statement. Before hitting the Subaru, Goodsell ran a red light at 67 mph.
Inside Goodsell’s car, police found a bottle of whiskey, a beer can, two mini alcohol bottles, marijuana and a pipe, prosecutors said.
