One person killed, one left with serious injuries in Dartmouth single-car crash with ejections

“DARTMOUTH, MA – On Friday, January 5, 2024, at approximately 10:35 p.m. Dartmouth Police, along with other emergency personnel, responded to the area of Gulf Road at Smith Neck Road for a single vehicle crash with reported ejections.

Upon arrival, officers located both a male and female laying unresponsive in the roadway near a heavily damaged 2022 Honda Accord.

After being treated at the scene, both the male and female were transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, where the male, subsequently identified as Jacob POTHIER, 18, of New Bedford was pronounced dead.

The female, subsequently identified as Kathleen MARTINS, 44, of Dartmouth sustained life-threatening injuries, and remains in guarded condition.

The crash currently remains under investigation by members of the Dartmouth Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit and both Massachusetts State Police and Dartmouth Police Department detectives.”-Dartmouth Police Department.