ATTLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III has identified a driver who was killed in a motor vehicle crash involving two tractor-trailers on Interstate 95 North near mile marker 3.2 early Wednesday morning.
Massachusetts State Police, along with Attleboro Police, were dispatched to the crash scene shortly before 6:00 a.m.
When officers arrived, they located a blue Honda Civic that had crashed into a tractor-trailer. At the scene in the breakdown lane, police also observed a white semi-trailer without a semi-tractor attached, along with a red Volvo tractor that had a semi-trailer connected.
Authorities found a single occupant and driver inside the Honda Civic suffering from life-threatening injuries. The driver was later identified as 43-year-old Chad Askew of Mansfield, Massachusetts.
Emergency responders performed CPR on Askew at the scene before transporting him to Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
Officials said no operators or attendants of the tractor-trailers were present when police arrived at the scene.
The crash remains under active investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the Massachusetts State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section, and the Attleboro Police Department.
