OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a crash on Martha’s Vineyard overnight.
The crash happened in the area of East Chop Drive and Temahigan Avenue in Oak Bluffs around 12:49 a.m., State Police said. A 2001 Pontiac Grand Am drove off the road, struck a guardrail and went into a yard, where it hit two trees.
The driver, 28-year-old Micah Anderson, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a 46-year-old Spencer man, was first taken to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and then flown to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries.
Investigators believe the driver failed to negotiate a turn and said speed may have been a factor in the crash.
The scene was cleared by 4:30 a.m. The crash remains under investigation.
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