Saturday morning crash on Route 140 in New Bedford kills one
Standard-Times
A victim was pronounced dead after an early morning crash Saturday, Massachusetts State Police announced in a press release.
At 2:28 a.m. Saturday, Troopers assigned to the State Police-Dartmouth Barracks responded to a report of a car into the woods next to the off ramp from Route 140 northbound to Braley Road (Exit 7), New Bedford, state police announced in a news release. New Bedford Fire and EMS also responded.
First responders located a 2019 Kia Optima sedan with a Massachusetts registration that had crashed off the ramp, struck a metal post, and then hit a tree partially into the woods, the release said. Three bystanders were providing medial aid to the victim, a 19-year-old New Bedford man went to St Luke’s Hospital with serious injuries. Evidence indicates the victim had been ejected in the crash, according to investigators. The victim was pronounced deceased later in the morning at the hospital.