DUXBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating a violent wrong-way crash in Duxbury on Tuesday that left at least one person dead, officials said.

Officers responding to a reported wrong-way crash on Route 3 near Exit 20 found two seriously damaged cars. The woman driving in the wrong direction was pronounced dead on the scene, and identified by police as 49-year-old Janelle Sampey of Plymouth.

Police said the driver of the other car was transported to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. They did not specify the woman’s condition or identity.

The area was closed to traffic while crews investigated the scene, and the District Attorney’s Office has taken over the investigation.

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