Beane's vehicle went off the road and struck a tree and then a wall, officials said.
STURBRIDGE — Carl Beane, the Agawam native who served as the public address announcer at Fenway Park, died Wednesday in a car accident in Sturbridge.
Beane, 59, a Holland resident, was pronounced dead at Harrington Hospital in Southbridge a short time after the crash, according to a statement issued by Timothy Connelly of the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.
View full sizeAuburn and Sturbridge Police investigate the car crash along Holland Road in Sturbridge with a car which seems to be owned by Carl Beane "The Voice of Fenway Park." The car ran into a stonewall near Hemlock Ridge Golf Club. A tow truck driver determines how to extract the suv from the woods. (T&G staff photo | TOM RETTIG)Beane was apparently driving on Holland Road when his vehicle went off the road and struck a tree and then a wall in the area of 233 Holland Road.
There was no one else in the vehicle.
Connelly said golfers from the nearby Hemlock Ridge Golf Course apparently heard the crash and called police at about 12:40 P.M.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has accepted the case. The crash remains under investigation by the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, The Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council and Sturbridge Police.
More information will be posted as it develops.