A driver died after a crash on Route 20 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on Monday morning, leaving a stretch of the busy roadway tangled with wreckage from three vehicles. Police responded shortly before noon to the intersection of Hartford Turnpike and Edgemere Boulevard, where the collision unfolded. The driver was rushed to a hospital but was later pronounced dead, and authorities have not released that person's name.
According to NBC Boston, police did not say whether anyone else was hurt in the crash, and the cause remains under investigation. The station reported that the driver of the Honda Accord was taken to an area hospital and later pronounced dead there, though that person's identity has still not been made public.
Emergency crews moved quickly once the call came in. Police, firefighters and Worcester EMS paramedics responded at approximately 11:51 a.m. to a crash with injuries on Hartford Turnpike at the intersection of Edgemere Boulevard, according to Shrewsbury Post. Responding officers found three vehicles involved: a westbound 2011 Honda Accord, an eastbound 2019 Ford F-250 towing a trailer, and a 2005 Kenworth oil tanker truck, the outlet reported.
How the Three Vehicles Collided
Investigators believe the Honda Accord and the Ford F-250 struck each other head-on, Shrewsbury Post reported, a detail echoed by Patch, which described how the Honda and the eastbound pickup towing a trailer collided head-on. The Kenworth oil tanker was not part of that initial impact; Shrewsbury Post reported that the tanker truck sustained secondary damage after the initial collision.
Investigation Involves Multiple Agencies
The crash remains under investigation by Shrewsbury police officers, the Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council Crash Reconstruction Team, and Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office, per the Shrewsbury Post report. No further details about the sequence of events or possible contributing factors have been released.
A fatal two-vehicle crash on Route 20 on April 23 resulted in one death and one injury.
