WESTBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - State police have identified the 39-year-old man who was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on the Mass. Pike in Westborough on Thursday night.

Troopers responding to a report of a crash involving a tractor-trailer on the eastbound side of the highway around 8:30 p.m. found a 2019 Lexus coupe that was on fire and resting against the median barrier.

A preliminary investigation suggests the driver of the Lexus, identified as Joel Yeghen, was traveling eastbound when, for reasons still under investigation, he lost control and struck the rear of a tractor-trailer.

Yeghen was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

 

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