BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Police have identified the two men who died after a car crash in Brockton early Sunday morning.

Emergency crews responding to the crash around 1:20 a.m. on Main Street determined the driver was traveling northbound when he tried to pass another vehicle on the right side and lost control, veering left into a tree, according to a preliminary investigation.

The driver, Damean Amado Abreau, 23, of Brockton, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, Adenilzo Lopes, 21, of Brockton, was ejected through the passenger window and later died after he was transported to Brockton Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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