ROCKLAND – The guardians of a 19-year-old woman who was severely injured in a March 2014 crash were awarded a $5 million court judgment against the driver of the vehicle accused of causing the crash. The collision killed a woman who was the driver of the vehicle that was struck and injured a second passenger.

According to court documents, Justice Daniel Billings awarded the judgment July 6 in Knox County Superior Court to Stormy Boisvert and Michael Blachet, guardians of Olivia Blachet, who spent several months in the hospital recovering from serious injuries sustained in the crash.

The judgment was awarded to cover approximately $800,000 in Blanchet’s medical expenses, $1 million of loss of earning capacity, and $3.2 million for pain and suffering caused from a traumatic brain injury, loss of the use of her left arm, depression, and mental distress and anguish regarding her pregnancy during her hospitalization which lasted almost five months. Blanchet was 27 weeks pregnant at the time of the accident, according to court documents.

The court documents further state that the plaintiffs may also pursue legal action against the estate of Alison Low, who was killed in the crash and was the driver of the vehicle Blanchet was a passenger in.

The Knox County Grand Jury indicted Samuel Simmons, 19, of Spruce Head, in February on three counts, including manslaughter and two counts of driving to endanger.

The accident occurred on Route 1 when Simmons’ vehicle, a 1997 GMC Sierra pickup truck, crossed the center line, near the intersection of Western Road and struck head-on the Subaru Forester that Low was driving.

Alison Low, 38, of Warren, died at the scene of the crash. The two passengers in Low’s vehicle, her 18-year-old son Dustin Kimball, of Warren, was also a passenger with Blachet. Kimball and Blachet were both treated at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Kimball was released on the same day he was admitted. Simmons was treated at Pen Bay Medical Center and was also released on the same day.

The court alleged that Simmons “did recklessly or with criminal negligence cause the death of Low” and also endangered the property of the passengers in her vehicle, which caused serious bodily injury to Blanchet.

Soon after the crash, Knox County Sheriff Donna Dennison confirmed that drugs, alcohol and texting did not attribute to the cause of the crash.

A message requesting comment from Mark Lavoie, attorney for Boisvert and Blachet, was not immediately returned.

Sarah Shepherd can be reached at news@penbaypilot.com