Crime & Safety
Woman Identified In Wrong-Way Mansfield Crash On I-495
A 31-year-old woman from Rhode Island was killed after a wrong-way driver slammed into her car on a highway in Mansfield over the weekend.
MANSFIELD, MA — A 31-year-old woman was killed in a wrong-way crash in Mansfield over the weekend, Massachusetts State Police confirmed Monday.
Officers responded to reports of a wrong-way driver on I-495 north early Saturday morning and found two cars had crashed.
An initial investigation determined a Toyota collided with a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder that was traveling the wrong way down the highway.
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State police identified the victim Monday morning as 31-year-old Kerrie Dolbashian from Smithfield, R.I. Emergency crews found Dolbashian suffered from fatal injuries at the scene and was pronounced dead.
The wrong-way driver, identified only as a 35-year-old from Pawtucket, R.I., suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was med flighted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
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State police say the crash remains under investigation and the results will determine if the driver will be charged.
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