Overview
- Authorities identified the driver as 43-year-old Chad Askew of Mansfield, who was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
- The crash occurred around 5:20 a.m. on I-95 North just before Exit 4 near the weigh station in Attleboro.
- First responders found a blue Honda Civic that had struck a tractor-trailer, with a white semi-trailer parked unattached in the breakdown lane and a red Volvo tractor connected to another trailer.
- Massachusetts State Police issued an alert for a man who reportedly fled the scene wearing shorts and boots, and as of Thursday afternoon he had not been found.
- Fire crews treated the sedan’s occupant at the scene and transported him to the hospital, and no other motorists required medical attention.