State Police Investigating Roll-Over Crash with Ejection Route 495 South in Bridgewater

This morning at about 6:00 a.m., troopers from the State Police Barracks in Middleboro responded to reports of a single vehicle roll-over crash that resulted in the death of the ejected operator.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2001 Toyota Tundra was traveling Route 495 by exit 7, when for reasons still under investigation, the operator lost control of the vehicle and swerved causing the vehicle to roll-over and come to rest in the median. The operator, a 66-year-old man from Clearwater, Fla. was ejected. He was transported to Morton Hospital where he was determined deceased.

The victim’s direction of travel prior to the crash remains under investigation.

The northbound left travel lane is temporarily closed for the investigation.

The cause of this crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, troopers assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.

State Police are being assisted at the scene by Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Raynham and Bridgewater Fire and EMS.

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending family notification.