The 18-year-old teenager who died after being involved in a head-on crash that injured two others in Plymouth Friday morning, was identified as Matthew Wilson, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J Cruz’s office announced.
Police, firefighters and EMS personnel responded to 129 State Road at around 8:29 a.m. after receiving a 911 call reporting a “serious motor vehicle crash” involving two vehicles, the district attorney’s office wrote.
While on scene, officials found a 2025 white Honda Civic driven by Wilson, that had collided head-on with a 2020 gray Jeep Grand Cherokee, statement reads.
A preliminary investigation determined that Wilson lost control of his Honda, crossed the solid double line and struck the Jeep head-on.
Wilson was unresponsive and trapped in the driver’s seat of his car. He was extracted by firefighters and driven to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, where he died, Cruz’s office said.
A 16-year-old riding as passenger in the Honda and the woman driving the Jeep were injured and driven to South Shore Hospital for treatment.
The crash is under investigation by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, the state police Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Section (CARS) and Plymouth police.
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