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This morning, shortly after 2:00 a.m., State Police responded to a two-car, head-on crash on Route 495 southbound, south of exit 13, in Mansfield which resulted in the deaths of two drivers.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Daniel Nunes indicates that a 2014 Nissan Sentra, operated by a 24-year-old woman from Middleboro, was traveling northbound in the southbound travel lanes when her vehicle struck a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, operated by a 27-year-old man from Taunton, who was traveling in the middle lane at the time of the crash. As a result of this head-on crash, both drivers (sole occupants) were pronounced deceased at the scene.
This crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, Troop H Detectives, and Troopers assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. It has yet to be determined where the operator of the Nissan entered the highway and what other factors might have contributed to the cause of this crash.
State Police were assisted on scene by Mansfield Fire and EMS and Mass DOT.
The identity of the operators is being withheld pending family notification.
There is no further information available at this time. Please do not contact the barracks for media inquiries.
