State Police Investigate Fatal Crash on Route 24 in Fall River

This morning at 8:40 troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Middleboro responded to a single-car crash in Fall River in which the driver was ejected and killed.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Timothy Hunt indicates that a 1982 AMC Jeep Wrangler was traveling on Route 24 northbound when the operator lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over. The driver, a 16-year-old Westport boy, was ejected and pronounced deceased at the scene. At the time of the crash, the roadway was icy.

The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police, with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Fall River Police and Fire Departments and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division.

During the rescue response and crash investigation and cleanup, Route 24 was closed for approximately two hours.

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