METHUEN, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating a serious crash on Interstate 495 in Methuen on Saturday morning that left two people dead and two others hospitalized, state police said.

Troopers responding to a reported crash on the northbound side of the highway around 6:12 a.m. found a pickup truck with four occupants that had crashed into a tree in the median, according to police.

One occupant was pronounced dead at the scene. Another was pronounced dead at the hospital. Two others were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Neither of the victims who died have had their names released.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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