NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - State troopers responded to a fatal crash on Route 6 on the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge late Thursday.
“Preliminary information indicates that a vehicle traveling on Route 6 west in New Bedford crossed over the solid double yellow line and crashed into a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction,” state police said in a statement.
Officials said the driver of the vehicle that was hit, a Tesla, sustained fatal injuries, while the driver who crossed the yellow lines, driving a GMC Sierra, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital.
The victim was identified as Mason Evich, 28, of Fairhaven.
The incident remains under investigation.
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