A 15-year-old boy was killed Thursday morning when he was partially ejected from a car during an accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike.
This is an update of a story posted at 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
WEST SPRINGFIELD – A 15-year-old boy was killed Thursday morning when he was partially ejected from a car during an accident on the Mass. Turnpike.
Around 10:40 a.m., state troopers working at the Westfield barracks were called to assist with a one-car accident involving an SUV on I-90.
According to state police, a 1998 Ford Expedition driven by Amanda Jean Lariviere, 17, of East Otis, was traveling east with three other 17-year-old girls and the 15-year-old boy who was killed.
State police said she was in the far right lane when she attempted to pass a vehicle. As she entered the lane to her left, Lariviere saw a truck was already in that lane and she tried to move back into the right lane.
As she did, she apparently over-steered and lost control of the SUV, police said. The Ford entered the shoulder on the right side of the road and rolled over three or four times before coming to rest on its roof in the breakdown lane.
The 15-year-old boy, who wasn't identified by police because of his age, was partially ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said he was not wearing a seat belt.
Lariviere and the three other girls in the car were taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of minor injuries. Police said they are residents of Great Barrington and Monterey.
The crash remains under investigation by theState Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.
Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Springfield Fire Department, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Department of Transportation’s Highway Division.
During the investigation, the far right travel lane was closed for approximately four and a half hours and morning traffic was delayed for several miles.