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July 12, 2009 - For immediate release:

State Police Investigate Fatal Crash on Route 90 West in Hopkinton

On Saturday, July 11, 2009 at approximately 3:40 p.m., Troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in Weston responded to a single vehicle crash on Route 90 West, near Route 495 (exit 11A) in Hopkinton that resulted in one fatality.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Paul Belanger indicates that a 1994 Mazda pick-up operated by 67-year-old Robert E. Elmer of Machiasport, Maine  was traveling  on Route 90 West in the first travel lane from the right  when he lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over. Elmer sustained serious injuries and was transported to U-Mass Medical Center in Worcester where he died later that evening.

This crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. Hopkinton Fire  assisted troopers at the scene.

No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks directly.