Massachusetts State Police investigating after 26-year-old Rhode Island man killed, two others injured in highway crash

A young man is dead, and others injured, after a fatal highway crash this weekend.

According to Massachusetts State Police, at just after 10:45 p.m. on Saturday evening, Troopers from the Millbury barracks responded to reports of a crash at Route 146 South, south of exit 1in Uxbridge.

The driver of Honda Accord, a 26-year-old Rhode Island man, had been ejected from his vehicle at the time of the crash.  EMS transported the man to a local hospital, and was later pronounced deceased after succumbing to his injuries.

The driver and an occupant of a Tesla involved in the crash, were also transported to a local hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.

Rote 146 South in the area was closed for some time while investigators from Collision Analysis and Reconstruction along with Crime Scene services and the state police detective unit assigned to the Worcester DA’s office processed the scene.  The scene was cleared and reopened shortly after 2:00 a.m.

The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation at this time.