Is Alexa Latteo another statistical victim of not wearing a seat belt?”
Alexa C.”Lexa” Latteo, 19, of Mansfield formerly of Norton and Quincy died on Saturday July 26, 2008 in Wrentham as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born in Bell County, Texas on September 17, 1988 she was a loving daughter of Christine E. “Tina” (Latteo) Holmes and Peter J. Holmes of Mansfield and the late Patrick J. Duffy. Alexa spent her childhood years living in Quincy and attended the Woodward School from grades 6-8. Her family later moved to Norton where she was a member of the Norton High School Class of 2006. She was preparing to enter her junior year at Bridgewater State College-studying Elementary Education. She loved children and as part of her studies she served as a teacher’s assistant in the Mansfield Elementary Schools. Lexa spent this summer on Martha’s Vineyard in Edgartown working for the Harbor View Hotel. She enjoyed going to the beach, swimming, biking and making new friends. She had come home to spend time with her friends and family and to help with the ar