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State police investigating fatal crash in Boxford


BOXFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - State police are investigating a car crash that left one woman dead in Boxford Friday night.

Around 10:15 p.m. 35-year-old man from Georgetown was traveling northbound on Route 95 between exits 53 and 52 when, for reasons still under investigation, he drove his vehicle across the median, into oncoming traffic and struck another driver, state police said.

The sole occupant of that car, 55-year-old Barbara O’Connell, of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man, who sustained serious injuries, was transported to a Boston-area hospital.

State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section are still investigating.

No charges have been filed.

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