Police investigate fatal accident on I-495 in Bridgewater

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (WWLP) – A woman is dead after a car rolled over on I-495 in Bridgewater on Saturday.

According to the Massachusetts State Police, troopers were dispatched to a one-vehicle crash on southbound I-495 in Bridgewater that left one passenger dead. After a preliminary investigation, it was determined that a 2018 Chevrolet Malibu was traveling on I-495 when it entered the wooded median of the road.

The car overturned and the driver, a 79-year-old man from Mashpee, was taken to the hospital for his injuries. The passenger, a 74-year-old Lana Testadied in the crash.

The left lane of 1-495 was closed for nearly four and a half hours. The accident is being investigated by the Massachusetts State Police, State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, State Police Crime Scene Services Section and investigators from the Plymouth County State Police Detective Unit.