WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating a fatal crash on Route 24 north in West Bridgewater early Friday morning.
Massachusetts State Police patrols responded to a single car crash on Route 24 north, prior to Route 106 in West Bridgewater, at 3:04 a.m. on Friday. Preliminary investigation indicates that the car, a 2017 Ford Explorer, was northbound traveling at a high rate of speed when, for reasons still under investigation, it went off the right side of the road and struck a tree. The car then caught fire with the operator trapped inside. Officials said the driver, a 43-year-old man from Brockton, was determined to be deceased at the scene. The passenger, a 40-year-old woman from Taunton, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital with minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by State Police-Middleborough Barracks, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and State Police Crime Scene Services.
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