Overview
- Regulators at the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission held a hearing Tuesday and took no immediate action while they review evidence about Tribu Mexican Kitchen and Bar's alcohol service.
- Investigators presented surveillance video and testimony showing Hernan Ramon Marrero received nine drinks at Tribu and toxicology results that measured his blood alcohol concentration at about 0.192 after the crash.
- Traffic footage and a reconstruction presented by prosecutors show Marrero entered a Peabody jughandle, re-entered Route 1 going the wrong way and traveled about 1.8 miles before a head-on collision that killed Trooper Kevin Trainor and Marrero.
- Essex County prosecutors concluded on July 15 that criminal charges against the bar were not sustainable, but the ABCC has issued civil notices that could lead to license suspension or revocation depending on its forthcoming written decision.
- Tribu's owners and counsel told the commission they have adopted heightened monitoring and staff training, and the ABCC ruling will determine whether those steps or formal sanctions follow and how the restaurant's business will be affected.