WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (WPRI) — Massachusetts State Police are investigating a series of crashes on Route 24 that claimed the life of a Taunton woman.
According to police, the 21-year-old woman was driving southbound on the highway Sunday night when, for reasons currently unknown, she struck the median barrier and her car came to a stop in the center lane.
After the woman got out of the vehicle to inspect the damage, she and her car were hit by a Jeep which then careened into another car, causing the Jeep to roll over and hit a third car.
The Taunton woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, while the driver of the Jeep — a 24-year-old Braintree woman — was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center with minor injuries.
The other two drivers — a 47-year-old Bridgewater man and a 30-year-old Brockton man — were not hurt, according to police.