Bristol County District Attorney releases more details, identities of the deceased, in fatal Dartmouth plane crash

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III has announced the crash of a single engine plane on Route 195 West this morning in Dartmouth that resulted in two fatalities. 

Massachusetts State Police received 911 calls at approximately 8:15 a.m. indicating that a small aircraft had crashed on Route 195 West just before the Reed Road exit in Dartmouth.

 Upon arrival, first responders located a fixed wing single engine Socata TBM 700 that had crashed in the woodline of 195 West prior to Reed Road.  Parts of the aircraft were located in the woodline, and the fuselage was located in the median of the highway. The aircraft had taken off from the New Bedford Airport. 

The two occupants of the plane 68-year-old Thomas Perkins and his wife, 66-year-old Agatha Perkins of Middletown, RI, were located with apparent injury in the fuselage and were pronounced deceased on scene. 

One motor vehicle, a silver Hyundai Sonata, was impacted by a portion of the crashed aircraft.  The driver, an adult female, was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. 

The investigation into cause and manner of the crash is being conducted by the (NTSB) National Transportation Safety Board.