UPDATE: State Police identified victims in Fall River fatal crash

By: News Staff

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FALL RIVER, MASS. — State police have now identified the two Providence men killed in a crash on Route 24 in Fall River Sunday morning.

36-year-old Joseph Burnham and 23-year-old Laurence Wheeler were the two Providence men who were pronounced dead at Charlton Hospital.

Massachusetts State Police responded to a fatal crash on Route 24 northbound early Sunday morning involving two men from Providence.

Police say it was single-vehicle accident. The passengers were traveling in a 2003 Mercury northbound on Route 24 around 1:30 a.m. when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and struck a tree near exit 8A.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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