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March 27, 2008

Update: Man killed on Rte. 95; child passenger survives

A man was killed today when he lost control of -- and was thrown from -- the Rhode Island-registered car he was driving on Route 95 north in Attleboro.

A child passenger, who was wearing a seatbelt, has been taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence with minor injuries, the Massachusetts State Police said in a news release. The statement did not elaborate on how or if the man and child are related.

The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, whose identity has not been disclosed by the police, was traveling in a 1996 Ford Contour sedan in the left lane of Route 95 north -- just south of Exit 3 -- when the car went off the road and into a guardrail on the highway's right side, according to a preliminary state police investigation.

State troopers from the Foxboro, Mass., barracks responded to the crash at about 2:45 p.m. The right lane of Route 95 north and the Exit 3 ramp were closed for about two hours.

The police said they are looking for information about an unknown red vehicle that may have been involved in the crash. The police ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who may have information to call the Massachusetts State Police Foxboro barracks at (508) 543-8550.

The state police, including collision analysis and accident reconstruction experts, are investigating the crash.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:00 PM | Permalink

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