Middletown Couple Identified As Casualties Of Deadly MA Plane Crash

DARTMOUTH, MA — The man and woman killed in a Monday morning plane crash on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, have been identified as a Rhode Island couple.

Thomas Perkins, 68, and his wife, 66-year-old Agatha Perkins, were the sole occupants of the single-engine Socata TBM 700 that crashed in the woodline of I-195 west just before the Reed Road exit in Dartmouth, according to a media release from the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

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"Parts of the aircraft were located in the woodline, and the fuselage was located in the median of the highway," the release said.

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Thomas and Agatha Perkins were located in the fuselage with "apparent injury" and "pronounced deceased on scene," the release said.

Part of the wreckage hit a Hyundai Sonata, injuring the driver, according to the release.

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The plane had taken off from New Bedford Airport.

Eric Weiss, the chief of media relations for the National Transportation Safety Board, said the NTSB is investigating the crash.

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