PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Caleb Roosevelt, the 19-year-old great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, has died of injuries he received in a car crash.
He died Thursday night at Berkshire Medical Center.
Roosevelt was driving his BMW car last Friday in New Marlboro when he lost control at an intersection, police said.
Authorities said the Roosevelt car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it went out of control, careened onto a lawn, back onto the road and flipped over.
A passenger in the car, Andrew Costerus, 18, of Marion, Mass., was in critical condition Friday at the medical center, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Both men were students at Simons Rock-Bard College, an experimental school in Great Barrington offering college courses to pre-college age students.
Roosevelt, who made his home in Sandersfield and New York City, was the son of composer J. Willard Roosevelt, and the great-grandson of Joseph Willard, the U.S. ambassador to Spain.
A memorial ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Blodgett Hall, Simon Rock-Bard College, with his family and friends reading his works and poems.
Private interment will be Monday at the Roosevelt family plot in Young's Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y.
