BERKLEY, MASS. (WHDH)–State police have launched an investigation following a fatal wrong-way crash on Route 24 in Berkeley early Sunday morning.

Troopers responding to a reported crash found a mangled Chevy Trailblazer that had collided with a tractor-trailer, according to state police.

A preliminary investigation determined the Chevy had been traveling northbound on the southbound side of the highway when it struck the southbound tractor-trailer, police said.

The driver of the Chevy, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

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