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A 49-year-old woman, who was reportedly driving the wrong way, died in a two-car crash Tuesday night in Duxbury, according to Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz’s office.
State police responded to the scene on Route 3 South just before 9:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a crash involving a wrong-way driver.
Officials believe that the driver, identified as Janelle Sampey of Plymouth, had been driving north in the southbound lanes of the highway when she struck another car head-on, the district attorney’s office confirmed by email.
Sampey was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other driver, a woman, was taken to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth. The district attorney’s office did not provide details about her condition.
An investigation remains ongoing.
Route 3 southbound near Exit 20 was temporarily closed while authorities investigated Tuesday night. By 4 a.m. Wednesday, all lanes had been reopened, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Duxbury and Kingston firefighters were among those who responded to the scene.
Scene clear. All lanes have since reopened. https://t.co/zYE0vVWz5w
— Mass. Transportation (@MassDOT) December 7, 2022
Last night at 9:11pm all on duty firefighters were tied up at a chimney fire with extension to the house when were dispatched to a very serious motor vehicle crash on route 3. Off duty Duxbury firefighters were called to respond and Kingston Fire sent multiple units to assist. pic.twitter.com/bW2MoP7Xq4
— Duxbury Fire PIO (@DXFD_PIO) December 7, 2022
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