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Massachusetts State Police: Teen killed in serious rollover crash on Route 6
Tragedy struck this morning as a serious crash on Route 6 left a vehicle mangled and a teenager dead.
According to Massachusetts State Police, at 5:50 a.m., Troopers from the State Police-Bourne Barracks responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Route 6 eastbound at mile marker 59.4, prior to Exit 59, in Sandwich.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle went off the roadway into the median, struck a tree, then struck the wire guardrail and rolled over. The operator, an 18-year-old man from Sandwich, was determined to be deceased at the scene.
The crash resulted in the closure of the left travel lanes both eastbound and westbound.
The crash remains under investigation by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.
Troopers were assisted on scene by Sandwich Fire, the Medical Examiners Office as well as MassDOT.
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