The world just lost a great person; 24-year-old Taunton woman killed in crash remembered as ray of sunshine

A 24-year-old Taunton woman is being remembered after she died Sunday morning when a vehicle she was a passenger in collided with the rear of a tractor trailer on Route 44 in Taunton.

According to Gregg Miliote of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, the deceased has been identified as Mallory Humphreys.

A preliminary investigation indicates a gray 2015 Infiniti being operated by a 27-year-old Fall River man was driving eastbound on Route 44 in the area of 608 Winthrop Street at just before 1:30 a.m. when it rear-ended a tractor trailer that was also driving eastbound. 

The driver of the Infiniti was transported to Rhode Island Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer, a 39-year-old Brockton man, was uninjured. Humphreys was declared deceased at the scene.

Friends described Humphreys as a ray of sunshine who was the brightest light in every room and had a sense of humor. She was a little spitfire who always had a smile on her face no matter what was going on in her life and was known as resilient and thoughtful. She was remembered as a great nurse and worked at the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater.

The crash is under investigation by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office, Taunton Police and the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Unit.