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A tanker truck driver is in critical condition after his truck crashed on Interstate 95 in Mansfield this morning, officials said.
The driver, who has not been identified, was rushed by North Attleborough first responders to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence with “substantial injuries,” said the Mansfield Fire Chief.
The vehicle crashed into the median near Exit 6A/B connecting to Interstate 495 at about 5 a.m., causing significant traffic delays along Interstate 95 in Mansfield.
50-year-old man from Rhode Island killed, after his pickup strikes a tree near Falmouth on Cape Cod.
Police say a Rhode Island man has died after his pickup truck struck a tree on Cape Cod.
The 50-year-old Woonsocket, R.I., man, later identified as Ronald Conn, died at a hospital after the crash in Falmouth at about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The Falmouth fire dept. said the impact was on the truck’s driver’s side and the vehicle as wrapped around the tree. It took rescuers nearly 45 minutes to extract the driver.
The driver, the only occupant of the truck, had multiple injuries and his condition deteriorated when he was freed.
The cause remains under investigation.
Firefighters used a metal-cutting tool to remove the roof of a car and free the driver after a collision on Route 5 north Tuesday sent two people to the hospital and closed the busy road to traffic for a while, officials said.
"They had to cut the roof off to get to the guy. There was a bunch of spare parts in the street: a wheel, an axle," said a Fire Department spokesman.