Two killed in highway accidents

By Matt Byrne, Globe Correspondent

Two men were killed this afternoon in separate accidents on Massachusetts roadways, a State Police spokesman said.

The first accident occurred when a car traveling east on Interstate 195 in Wareham struck a guard rail and flipped at about 3:40 p.m., said Sergeant Matthew Murray, a State Police spokesman. The driver was the only person in the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene by EMTs.

The second fatality happened at about 3:50 p.m., Murray said, when a man on a motorcycle traveling south on Route 146 in Sutton hit the median and was thrown from his bike into the northbound lanes. The motorcyclist was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses told police that the motorcyclist was not speeding, Murray said.

Neither victim's name was released pending notification of their relatives. Both accidents are under investigation.