Bristol County District Attorney identifies 28-year-old man killed in highway crash

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced a serious motor vehicle crash in North Attleboro early Thursday morning that claimed the life of a 28-year-old.

At approximately 2:30 a.m., Massachusetts State Police received several 911 calls regarding a motor vehicle crash on Route 95 Southbound in the area of mile marker 9.2 in North Attleboro involving a tractor trailer and a motor vehicle.

Upon arrival, troopers located a white Audi sedan that had exited the roadway to the right and collided with a parked tractor trailer that was parked in a rest area. Investigators observed the white Audi with catastrophic damage on top of a guardrail and adjacent to the rear wheels of the trailer. The operator and lone occupant of the Audi, later identified as Carlos Chavez Martinez of Providence, Rhode Island, was found in the driver’s seat without a pulse. Paramedics observed obvious signs of death and pronounced Chavez Martinez deceased at approximately 2:40 a.m.

The tractor trailer was driven by a 40-year-old male who did not display any injuries.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is being coordinated by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office along with the Massachusetts State Police.