Simon Daponta, of Malden, was driving a truck southbound on Interstate 93 when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into an electrical box.
A 19-year-old is dead after he crashed a box truck on Interstate 93 in Tewksbury, according to the Massachusetts State Police. Investigators believe that Simon Daponta, of Malden, fell asleep at the wheel shortly after 12:11 p.m. Friday while driving a 2009 Freightliner M2 box truck on I-93 south, north of Exit 35. Sign up for our Newsletters State police say the truck drifted off to the right, struck a guardrail and then entered the grass.
Massachusetts State Police officials have identified the driver who was killed after the box truck he was operating flipped over in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.