New Bedford Man Dies in I-495 Crash
A New Bedford man was killed Wednesday in a car crash on Interstate 495 in Raynham.
The 37-year-old man was the lone passenger in the car when he crashed his 2003 Honda Accord into a bridge abutment around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near Exit 8, the exit for Route 138.
State Police said two off-duty firefighters stopped and pulled the victim from the car and tried to provide first aid and resuscitate him while waiting for EMS to arrive. However, the man was pronounced dead at Morton Hospital in Taunton.
The victim's name has not been released, and the crash remains under investigation.