One dead, one injured, in fiery crash on Route 146

One person has been killed and another injured in a fiery crash.

According to Massachusetts State Police, yesterday at approximately 9:40 p.m., Troopers from the State Police-Millbury Barracks responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Route 146 northbound in Uxbridge. When the Troopers arrived on scene they discovered two vehicles collided as the result of a wrong-way operator.

The 35-year-old operator of a 2004 Honda Accord, Jonathan Marmol of Woonsocket Rhode Island, was determined to be deceased at the scene.

Preliminary investigation indicates that Marmol was driving southbound when he crossed the median into the northbound side of the highway striking a 2018 Subaru Outback. Both vehicles were engulfed in flames as a result of the crash. The operator of the Subaru was a 62-year-old male, from West Boylston. He was treated at the scene for minor injuries. All northbound lanes at the scene were shut down for approximately 3 hours and traffic was diverted by Rhode Island State Police prior to the State line for investigation purposes.

The facts and circumstances of the crash, including why the Honda was crossed the median, remain under investigation by Troop C of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. Rhode Island State Police, Mass DOT, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Uxbridge Fire Department, police Department and North Smithfield RI Fire Department also responded to the scene to assist. No further information is available at this time.