NORTHAMPTON The damage to gravestones at St. Mary Cemetery that were hit by a motorist last week could amount to $125,000 or more, according to an estimate from Dorsey Memorials of Amherst.Roy Chapman, the cemetery supervisor, said Thursday it will.
NORTHAMPTON The motorist who plowed into St. Mary Cemetery early Saturday was traveling at such high speed that portions of the damaged gravestones appeared to have landed 20 to 30 feet from their original positions, according to police.
Parts of some headstones were launched dozens of feet from their original location, while others were stained with motor oil when a driver veered off the road and plowed his car into St. Mary Cemetary in Northampton, Mass.