1 Dead in Car Fire on I-95 Near Foxborough-Mansfield Line

MANSFIELD, MA — One person is dead following a car fire on Interstate 95 in Mansfield.

At 3:45 p.m., numerous 911 callers reported a car fire in the rest area on the northbound side of the highway, prior to exit 6 to Interstate 495.

Troopers and the North Attleboro Fire Department responded, with North Attleboro firefighters extinguishing the blaze. One man& was inside the vehicle and was pulled from the vehicle by people passing by, police said.

The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The fire is under investigation.

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