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Wareham Man Dies Following Motor Vehicle Accident
WAREHAM — A Wareham man has died following a motor vehicle crash in Wareham on Friday afternoon.
On Friday, September 20th, around 4:27 p.m., Wareham first responders responded to a motor vehicle accident on Cranberry Highway near Main Avenue.
At the scene, officers located a male who had been thrown from a vehicle following a car accident in the parking lot of Charlie's Place. Despite the efforts of emergency responders, he was pronounced deceased a short time later at Tobey Hospital.
Michael R. Baxter, 61, of Wareham, died after losing control of his vehicle on Cranberry Highway and colliding with a utility pole and vehicle in the parking lot of Charlie's Place.
The vehicle then flipped over, ejecting the driver in the process.
The operator of the other vehicle, a female from Bourne, was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation by the Wareham Police and Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
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