Crime & Safety
Norton Man Killed in Thanksgiving Crash: ICYMI
A Norton man was killed in a wrong-way crash on Thanksgiving: in case you missed it.
PLAINVILLE, MA — Authorities on Friday identified the man killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 495 on Thanksgiving that also seriously injured a Barnstable woman.
Police said the wrong-way driver, James Keating, 22, of Norton, crashed head-on into the 21-year-old Barnstable woman on the southbound side of the highway near Exit 13 Thursday at about 2 a.m. Keating had been traveling northbound in the southbound side of the highway in the moments leading up to the crash, police said.
The Barnstable woman was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries, police said. Her identity was not released.
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Police said they're investigating exactly why Keating was traveling in the wrong direction.
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Fatal I-495 Crash Thanksgiving: Barnstable Woman Seriously Hurt
Photo: The scene of a fatal crash in Plainville on November 24, 2016. (Credit: WHDH-7News)
This story was first published November 25, 2016
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