Massachusetts State Police to charge Somerset man after wrong-way highway crash leaves one man dead, family of 4 rushed to the hospital

A local man is charged, and another man is dead after a late-night wrong way highway crash.

According to Massachusetts State Police, just before midnight on Saturday, Troopers from the H9 Barracks responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 93 North before Exit 15A.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of a 2004 Cadillac Escalade entered Route 93 North at Exit 15B and proceeded to travel southbound in the northbound lanes.

Two vehicles—a Honda Odyssey and an Audi A4—attempted to avoid the wrong-way driver and crashed. The occupants of the Honda Odyssey, a family of four, were transported to a Boston-area hospital for evaluation.

Shortly after the initial crash, the wrong-way driver collided head-on with a Chevrolet Cruze.

Both drivers involved in the second crash were transported to Boston-area hospitals. The driver of the Chevrolet Cruze, a man in his 20s from Haverhill, died from his injuries.

The wrong-way driver, 81-year-old Antone Carvalho of Somerset, will be issued a summons to appear in court at a later date.