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2 killed, 1 seriously injured in Raynham crash
A preliminary investigation revealed the vehicle went airborne before striking a tree, authorities said.
Two people were killed and a third seriously injured in a single-car crash in Raynham on Monday night, officials said.
Emergency crews were alerted to the crash on East Britannia Street near Thrasher Street around 9:25 p.m., Raynham Police Chief David LaPlante and Fire Chief Bryan LaCivita said in a news release. First responders arrived at the scene to find a 2017 Hyundai Elantra leaning against a tree, and a preliminary investigation revealed the vehicle went airborne before striking the tree, according to LaPlante and LaCivita.
Authorities said the driver, Averi Costa-Burton, 26, of Fall River, was ejected from the car. Emergency crews rushed him to Morton Hospital in Taunton, where he was pronounced dead.
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Two other passengers remained in the vehicle, according to the release. Dorryn Robinson, 28, of New Bedford, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 25-year-old Fall River man, who was sitting in the back seat, was flown to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence with life-threatening injuries.
The Raynham Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Team and Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the crash, LaPlante and LaCivita said.
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