Around 1:00 AM Sunday morning, the victim of a tragic road rage incident that occurred in Hopkinton on Thursday night succumbed to her injuries.
Destini Decoff, 26, was allegedly intentionally struck by 36-year-old Milford resident Ryan Sweatt in an apparent act of road rage.
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On Facebook, her mother Tracy Decoff wrote:
“Today my biggest fear as a mother became my reality. My first born child & best friend is no longer with me. Jordan Destt you know I don’t break promises & i promise you with every ounce of my being I will get justice for you regardless of what it takes!💯 go spread those beautiful wings & fly”
In the hours following the event, her mother described the extent of her injuries.
“She was in surgery all night,” she wrote. “She is literally injured from head to toe. She had a brain bleed, so to relieve pressure they had to remove part of her skull. She was also bleeding internally. A plastic surgeon had to put her lip & chin back together. She has broken teeth, one of which landed in her lung. Broken shoulder, broken ribs, broken tibia that is putting pressure on the blood vessels around it. She has both collapsed lungs & her spleen had to be removed. She is on a breathing machine & hasn’t moved a limb since it happened.”
Ms. Decoff leaves behind a young son, born in 2017.
The assailant, Mr. Sweatt, was arrested by Hopkinton police and was arraigned in Framingham District Court on Friday afternoon. He is being held at the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica pending the outcome of a Dangerousness Hearing, also known as a 58a hearing. Barring an exception from a judge, the holding period is a mandatory minimum of 120 days while he awaits prosecution.
Mr. Sweatt is currently represented bya court-appointed public defender.
