A two-vehicle collision in Easton, Massachusetts, killed a man while another survived, an accident report states. The police identified Scott A. Lewis, a 37-year-old resident of South Easton, as the person who died in the Sunday, April 26th, accident.
The investigators said that the police and the fire department received a 911 call about a head-on collision, and dispatched officers and firefighters to 539 Bay Road. When they arrived, they located the vehicles involved in the fatal crash and started rendering aid.
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Lewis, whom the authorities said drove a Kia, sustained severe wounds that he succumbed to at the scene. The second driver of a Cadillac Escalade, identified as a 25-year-old South Easton male, sustained moderate injuries, and the medics took him to Boston Medical Center for treatment.
The investigators did not state the factors that led to the collision and will release an update once they have more information. The Easton Police had the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police detectives from the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office and the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.
Accidents aren’t uncommon in Massachusetts and the United States. A two-vehicle collision is one of the types of accidents that occurs mostly due to over speeding, drunk driving, and recklessness of drivers.
As seen in accident reports, other contributing factors are distracted driving, running red lights, night driving, and sometimes design defects. Adverse weather conditions, tailgating, and illegal lane changes also cause two-vehicle collisions.
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