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Elizabeth Peter was driving a 2018 Ford Escape that crashed with a 2012 Hyundai Tucson driven by a 30-year-old man from North Easton, Massachusetts State Police said.
Paramedics rushed Peter to Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, where doctors pronounced her dead. The other driver was taken to Boston Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. near the 495 southbound interchange with I-95. One of the vehicles burst into flames in the wreck.
Police shut down all 495 southbound lanes for hours to clean and clear the scene. Everything reopened around 9:30 p.m.
Police have not said who was at fault or the circumstances that led to the crash.
State troopers are investigating.
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