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A Quabbin Regional High School senior died and another Quabbin senior was seriously injured when their car veered off Old Turnpike Road and struck a tree early Sunday morning.
Quabbin Regional School District Superintendent Maureen M. Marshall identified the teen who died as Jeremy Kauppila of Hubbardston, and said Aaron Witkos, 17, of Oakham, was the driver.
Mr. Kauppila, 17, was a member of the Barre high school's junior ROTC program and a player on the football team, Ms. Marshall said.
“He was very, very involved in ROTC,” Ms. Marshall said.
Two people died in an early morning crash.
The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on Harrison Boulevard.
The Norfolk County District Attorney says Joshua Deacon, 26, was driving a 2008 gray Altima westbound when he appears to have crossed the double yellow line into the eastbound lane. He was killed when his vehicle struck a Hyundai traveling eastbound carrying two women in their 40s.
The passenger in the eastbound Hyundai, Tina Lachance, 49 of Brockton, was killed.