Police: Man killed after car crashes through garage, plunges 20' off cliff

SAUGUS, Mass. — A man was killed after her car crashed through the garage of a home in Saugus and then plunged twenty-feet off a cliff Sunday afternoon, Interim Police Chief Ronald Giorgetti said.

The car crashed through a garage around 1:30 p.m. on Hammersmith Drive and went down a snow-covered embankment.

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Saugus firefighters reported a technical rescue team was called in to help remove the man from the car. They used a sled to pull him up the embankment to an ambulance.

Police said the man was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead. They aren’t releasing his name until family members have been notified.

No one else was in the car.

Massachusetts State Police responded to the scene to help Saugus Police with the investigation. They didn't say if weather played a role in the crash.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection also responded to the scene after a report of an oil leak.

An earlier version of this story misidentified the victim as a woman. Local police later identified the deceased as Steven Rauseo, 74, of Saugus.  

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