One Killed in Massachusetts Truck Accident
On October 8, 2009 at approximately 10:15 pm, Trooper Michael Fitzgerald from the Massachusetts State Police Barrack in Bourne was on patrol when he happened upon a multi-car crash on Route 495 southbound at Route 25 in Wareham, which resulted in one fatality.
A flat bed tow truck, with a vehicle on the bed, struck a vehicle stopped in the breakdown lane and subsequently lost control, rolling over several times while simultaneously striking a bridge abutment. The operator of the tow truck, 52-year-old Joseph Gaultier of South Easton, was ejected from the truck and subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene by responding EMS personnel.
The operator of the stopped vehicle, 55-year-old Stephanie E. Boosahda of Bass River was transported to Toby Hospital in Wareham by Wareham EMS with minor injuries.
Two lanes of travel were closed for approximately 2 hours as the investigators processed the scene.
The facts and circumstances of this investigation remain on-going at this time by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police with the assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Service Section, and the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section. State Police were also assisted at the scene by the Wareham Police Department, Wareham Fire/EMS and the Massachusetts Highway department also assisted.
No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks directly.
-From Massachusetts State Police
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