Victims in fatal Swansea crash identified

By News Staff

news@abc6.com 

Massachusetts State Police have released the names of the victims in the fatal crash on Interstate 195 Westbound in Swansea Thursday night.

22-year-old Katrina L. Gomes and 19-year-old Jospeh M. Vodden, both of Taunton, were pronounced deceased on scene. One of the occupants, 20-year-old Nicholas J. Hopper, of Taunton, survived the crash with the help of passing motorists. He was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries.

Police were on scene around 11 p.m., and upon arriving, witnessed a vehicle off the road and engulfed in flames.

A State Police Reconstruction team is working to determine why the car when off the road.

The accident remains under investigation.

ABC6 will bring you more information as soon as it becomes available.

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