Teen killed in Middleborough crash

By Kate Augusto, Globe Correspondent

A Rehoboth teenager was killed early this morning when her car collided with a tractor-trailer truck in Middleborough, police said.

Maria L. Franey, 19, was driving a 2007 Hyundai at 2:30 a.m. when it collided with the tractor-trailer at the intersection of Route 44 and Old Center Street, said Middleborough Police Lieutenant Bruce Gates.

Franey and her passenger, Colleen Brown, 20, had to be cut out of the car, Gates said. Franey was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown suffered serious injuries and was taken to Morton Hospital and later transported to Boston Medical Center.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Karl Anthony Thomas, 32, of Hartford, was treated and released at Morton Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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