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Janet Bach, of Marblehead, was given an 18-month suspended sentence and three years probation after pleading guilty to motor vehicle homicide, the Essex County District Attorney said. She will also lose her license for 15 years and must pay $8,700 for the funeral expenses of the woman she killed: Susan Sforza Nico, 47, of Seabrook, New Hampshire.
Sforza Nico, a manager of the Newbury greenhouse, was working behind the cash register on May 22, 2022, when Bach's vehicle backed up so quickly that it crashed through a wall of the building, authorities said.
A 57-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl were hospitalized with severe injuries, and two others were also hurt in the crash, the prosecutor said
The Sforza family, who owned Byfield Greenhouse, announced on Facebook in July 2022 that they would close the business because of the "horrible events that have transpired since the Dark Day."
Closing our family business is like a death on top of our already tragic death of Susan. She would not believe the chain of horrible events that have transpired since the Dark Day. Her heart would be absolutely broken to know my father’s dream is done… it’s all over. We know this touches your lives, too. We know you stand beside us and support our difficult decision. Thank you to all of our family, friends and loyal customers. You mean everything to us and we will truly miss interacting with you at the greenhouses.”
Susan's father started the business in the late 1960s, reports said. Susan was a stepmother of two children.
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