Massachusetts State Police release name of 28-year-old killed in head-on crash on Route 6

Massachusetts State Police have released the name of a local man killed in a crash late Thursday night.

According to Massachusetts State Police, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Troopers assigned to the Dartmouth Barracks responded to a crash on Route 6 on the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge. 

Preliminary information indicates that a vehicle traveling on Route 6 west in New Bedford crossed over the solid double yellow line and crashed into a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The driver of the vehicle that crossed the yellow lines sustained non-life-threatening injuries while the driver of the other vehicle sustained fatal injuries. 

First responders transported the surviving driver via ambulance to a local hospital. 

The decedent is identified as Mason Evich, 28, of Fairhaven. 

State Police members of the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, and the Bristol State Police Detective Unit responded to the scene as part of the ongoing investigation. For the safety of motorists, first responders, and investigators, officials closed Route 6 in both directions as well as the ramp from Route 18 south to the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge. The road reopened for normal traffic approximately two and a half hour later. 

MSP offered condolences to the deceased’s family and loved ones. 

The matter remains under investigation by the State Police.