Crime & Safety
Deadly Crash On Martha's Vineyard Leaves One Dead, One Critically Hurt
The 46-year-old passenger from Spencer is facing critical injuries after the car came off the road, killing the driver, police say.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA — One person was killed and another was seriously hurt in a car crash on Martha's Vineyard Wednesday.
Police responded to a report of a crash on New York Avenue just before 1 a.m. and found a Pontiac Grand AM had gone off the road, striking a guardrail and hitting two trees before landing in a yard.
The driver, later identified as Micah Anderson, 28, of Grand Rapids, MI, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Oak Bluffs Fire and EMS Chief Nelson Wirtz told the Martha's Vineyard Times that the car was crumpled, with a significant intrusion into the passenger's side, and a collapsed dashboard.
The passenger, a man only identified as a 46-year-old from Spencer, MA, was pulled from the car and med flighted to a hospital in Boston with life-threatening injuries.
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Wirtz told the Times that fire personnel had remained on scene until almost 4 a.m.
Police are working to determine the cause of the crash but believe speed may be a factor.
No additional information was immediately available.
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