PLAINVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A driver is dead after driving the wrong way on Interstate 495 and crashing into another car around 2 a.m. in Plainville Wednesday night.

Police say a young adult man from Norton in a Toyota Corolla was traveling northbound on the southbound side of I-495 somewhere between exits 13 and 14 when the driver collided with another car.

The man was killed in the crash, and the driver of the other car, a 21-year-old woman from Barnstable, was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where she remains in serious condition.

Police closed lanes on I-495 and investigated the scene for about three hours. Officials continue to investigate where the driver entered the highway.

No information on the drivers has been released at this time.

Stay with 7News for updates.

 

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