Updated: State Police investigating fatal crash in Falmouth

FALMOUTH -A driver was seriously injured after their vehicle reportedly crashed into the woods around 5:30 PM Sunday afternoon. The crash happened on Route 28 near the Route 151 interchange. Rescuers rushed the victim to Falmouth Hospital. Falmouth Police called for the Mass State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section (CARS).

Update: Mass State Police report that shortly after 5:30 PM Sunday, State Troopers assigned to the Bourne Barracks responded to a car that veered off Route 28 into the wood line in Falmouth. The crash resulted in fatal injuries to the driver and sole occupant.

Preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 5:36 PM, a 2006 Saab was northbound on Route 28 in the vicinity of the off ramp to Route 151 when, for reasons still under investigation, it exited the right edge of the road, traveled through the grass infield, entered the wood line and struck several trees.

The occupant, an adult male from Falmouth, was removed from the vehicle by the Falmouth Fire Department and transported to Falmouth Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

The crash remains under investigation by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.

The victim’s name is not being released at this time.

This was the second fatal crash in Falmouth on Sunday (see related story here).



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