Crime & Safety

2 Killed in Route 495 Crash

Breaking: 2 killed in wrong-way crash on Route 495 early this morning.

MANSFIELD, MA — Two people were killed on Route 495 in Mansfield early Wednesday after police said a wrong-way driver hit another vehicle head-on.

The wrong-way driver was identified as a 24-year-old Middleboro woman; her name was not released. The other driver was a 27-year-old Taunton man; his name was not released. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. They were the sole occupants in their vehicles.

The crash happened at about 2 a.m. on the southbound side of the highway. The cause is under investigation.

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The woman was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, police said.

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Photo: The scene of a fatal crash in Mansfield July 27, 2016. (Credit: WHDH-7News)

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