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At approximately 8 p.m. Thursday night Troopers assigned to State Police-Charlton were dispatched to reports of a crash involving a tractor trailer and a car on Route 90 Eastbound at the 104.4 mile marker in Westborough.
Upon the arrival of troopers and EMS they discovered the 2019 Lexus coupe on fire resting against the median barrier. Preliminary investigation reveals the Lexus was traveling Eastbound when, for reasons still under investigation, it lost control and struck the rear of a tractor trailer. The operator of the Lexus, identified as Joel Yeghen, 39, of Ocean, N.J., was determined to be deceased at the scene.
The exact facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by Troop C of the Massachusetts State Police, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, and the State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section.
Troopers were assisted on scene by the Crime Scene Services Section, Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Sections, Medical Examiner’s Office, Mass DOT, and Westborough Fire and EMS.
