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Driver dies after car goes airborne off I-495 ramp in Lawrence

LAWRENCE, Mass. — A man died after the car he was driving went airborne off a ramp to Interstate 495 early Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio confirmed.

State police responded to a report of a car that had rolled off the Marston Street exit ramp in Lawrence as a driver negotiated the turn just before 3 a.m., Procopio said.

The driver, who was found dead in the overturned car, was the sole occupant of the single-car crash, Procopio said.

MSP said in a news release that a preliminary investigation suggests the 56-year-old driver of a 2006 Pontiac Solstice lost control of the car. His name has not yet been released.

Ramps from Marston Street to the lower deck of Merrimac Street on 495 south were closed for a few hours after the crash.