Wrong-way crash in Somerset kills 1, injures others

SOMERSET, Mass. (WLNE) — A wrong-way crash on Interstate 195 in Somerset resulted in the death of a Tiverton woman.

Authorities said 69-year-old Gail Lopes was driving on the wrong side of the highway and caused a three car crash.

She was then pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Video shared with ABC6 showed the moments before that crash with a driver going the wrong way on the Braga Bridge.

According to the Somerset Fire Department, two others were hospitalized after that car crashed.

State police said that following the crash they closed down all lanes of I-195 East to investigate.

There was no word on the status of the other injured.