It’s just a terrible tragedy.”Ĭarr, officials said, was taken to Mass.

“It’s just a terrible loss for the family and for everyone who knew him, the people who knew him in Winthrop and back here in Pennsylvania and the folks he worked with for many years at Ikea. He would always be able to do things to have a good time with her when she was young,” he said. “When our daughter was young, he was very much the fun uncle. He was close with DeAngelo, his only sibling, and adored his niece, his brother said.

Zike had never married and had no children. He loved living in Winthrop and just enjoying the area up there.” He loved the life he found in the Boston area, very much so. “He was a very, very kind, loving, and fun-loving person, and a very quiet and private person in a lot of ways,” DeAngelo, 54, said from his home outside Harrisburg, Pa. Zike grew up in Duryea, Pa., and had worked in archaeology and at the Museum of Science and Boston Children’s Museum before taking a job at the Ikea store in Stoughton, according to his brother, James DeAngelo. Zike, the statement continued, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead. Friday on the Southeast Expressway near the Freeport Street exit when he lost control of the SUV, which hit the median barrier before coming to a stop perpendicular to the two left travel lanes.Ĭarr and his female passenger exited their vehicle, the statement said, and then a motorcycle driven by Christopher Zike, 51, of Winthrop, struck the Explorer.

Further details on those accidents weren’t immediately available.Īccording to Procopio’s statement, Carr was allegedly driving a 2020 Ford Explorer around 1:30 a.m. Further details on the April matter weren’t immediately available.Ĭarr’s driving record also shows he was involved in two surchargeable accidents, in October 2014 and October 2017. His license had previously been suspended for “immediate threat medical” on April 22, but it was reinstated five days later, according to his driving record. Carr’s driving record provided by the RMV shows his license was suspended Friday as an “immediate threat,” a standard move in fatal OUI cases.

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