State Police Probing Fatal Crash on Storrow Drive

According to a press release issued by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, State Police detectives are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash early this morning on Storrow Drive in Boston.

Detectives responded at about 1:20 this morning to the westbound portion of the Storrow roadway near the Bowker Overpass--which connects Storrow and Boylston Street--where two men were ejected from a GMC Sierra. The passenger, a 22-year-old Needham man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The operator, also 22 of Needham, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he remains in the Intensive Care Unit with life-threatening injuries.

The State Police Crime Scene Services Section and Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section also responded and are actively investigating the incident.

No charges have been brought at this time and the deceased is not being identified pending notifications to his family.