MANSFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities have launched an investigation after an Attleboro man died in a crash on Interstate 95 in Mansfield on Thursday.

Emergency crews responding to a report of a single-vehicle crash on the northbound side of the highway near Exit 12 around 11:40 a.m. found a mangled Honda Accord that had crashed in a wooded area, according to Massachusetts State Police.

The 47-year-old driver, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the man’s vehicle left the roadway and crashed in the median before striking several trees.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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