HAVERHILL, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts state police responded to a fatal crash in Haverhill Monday morning.

At the Haverhill rest area on I-495N, according to state police’s preliminary investigation, “as a vehicle entered the rest area, it struck the rear of a tractor trailer unit”.

The crash ignited a car fire and the operator was pronounced dead on scene.

The rest area re-opened by 6:30 a.m. Monday; the matter remains under investigation.

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