Massachusetts State Police: Crash into deer on Route 495 kills two

Two people were killed in Massachusetts Friday after the vehicle they were traveling in hit a deer.

According to Massachusetts State Police, at approximately 4:50 a.m. today, Troopers assigned to the State Police-Concord Barracks responded to a crash involving an SUV that had struck a deer on I-495 northbound in Chelmsford at the 87.5 mile marker. The SUV subsequently veered into the median, went airborne, and struck several trees.

When Troopers arrived on scene they discovered a 2016 Nissan Rogue operated by a 53-year-old Acton man in a cropping of trees in the median. The man and his passenger were determined to be deceased on scene. The passenger is still in the process of being identified.

No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the crash. The deer was killed in the crash.

The left lanes of Route 495 North and southbound were closed until approximately 10 a.m.

The crash remains under investigation by members of Troop A of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and State Police Crime Scene Services Section. State Police were assisted on scene by Chelmsford Police, Chelmsford Fire and EMS, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.