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The crash occurred in Middlesex County around 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, at mile marker 84 in Westford.
According to Dave Procopio of the Massachusetts State Police, the crash involved a tractor-trailer that had struck and overrode a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck.
Westford Fire and EMS arrived on-scene and first responders began attempting to extricate the driver of the Tacoma,
The driver, a 26-year-old Essex County resident from Lawrence, was pronounced dead on the scene, Procopio said. The drivers of the other two vehicles were not injured.
A preliminary investigation indicates that a 2012 Volkswagen EOS was northbound in the right lane of Route 495, while a 2014 Freightliner tractor-trailer was northbound in the middle lane. A 2022 Toyota Tacoma was also traveling northbound in the same vicinity.
For reasons still under investigation, the VW struck the front right of the Freightliner, Procopio said.
The tractor-trailer exited the left side of the roadway into the grassy median, then re-entered the road where it made contact with the Tacoma. The Toyota overturned and was overridden by the tractor-trailer, state police said.
The operators of the tractor-trailer and the VW were not injured.
The crash remains under investigation by the State Police-Concord Barracks with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and State Police Crime Scene Services Section.
This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
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