BILLERICA, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities have identified the driver who died in a single-vehicle crash in Billerica on Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews responding to a reported crash near the intersection of Concord Road and French Street around 3:40 p.m. found a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that had jumped the curb and struck a tree that then fell across the roadway, according to a release issued by police.
Two good Samaritans rushed to help the driver, later identified as 61-year-old William Collins, of North Billerica, who was suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries.
Collins was transported to Lahey Hospital in Burlington, where he was later pronounced dead.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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