One Dead in Rollover Crash on 195 in Wareham

UPDATE (4:25 p.m.): This morning at about 10:50 a.m., State Police from the Bourne Barracks responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 195 West in Wareham which resulted in the death of the operator.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Nicolas Lorenco indicates that a 30-year-old woman from New Bedford was traveling on Route 195 Westbound in a 2001 Honda Civic when, for reasons still under investigation, the vehicle veered off the left side of the roadway. The operator then over corrected to the right. The vehicle then traveled off the right side of the roadway and rolled over. The operator and sole occupant was subsequently determined deceased at the scene.

The cause of this crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, Troopers assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.

State Police were assisted at the scene by Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Wareham EMS.

The identity of the victim is being withheld pending family notification.

--Massachusetts State Police

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WAREHAM - One person is confirmed dead after a single-car crash in Wareham on Tuesday.

Massachusetts State Police say the crash occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on Interstate 195 in the westbound lanes when, for reasons still under investigation, a car rolled over, killing one occupant of the vehicle.

It's not known if there were other people in the car at the time of the crash.

The crash is under investigation.

This story will be updated.