Traffic & Transit

1 Dead, 1 Injured In Overnight Crash On Route 3 In Weymouth

Two people were trapped inside a car that veered off Route 3 Northbound and into the woodline just after 2 a.m., police said.

WEYMOUTH, MA — One person has died and another was hospitalized after they were trapped in a car that veered off of Route 3 Northbound in Weymouth early Thursday morning.

Troopers responded to the single-car crash just after 2 a.m. Thursday.

The vehicle was in the woodline — the line of trees separating the highway from the forest — and two occupants were trapped in it, Massachusetts State Police tweeted Thursday morning.

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One of the occupants suffered fatal injuries, and the other was transported to South Shore Hospital with "serious injuries," police said.

An investigation is ongoing, police said, and closed lanes have since reopened.

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