Five people were died after a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into another car on Interstate 495 in Middleboro early Monday morning.
According to the state police, a 31-year-old woman whose last known address was in Fall River was heading south in the northbound lanes when her 2011 Infiniti G37 slammed into another vehicle carrying four college students just after midnight near Exit 3.
The police said, the wrong-way driver hit a 2003 Mercury Sable driven by a 20-year-old man from Paxton and Osterville.
There were a 19-year-old Harwich man, a 19-year-old Hyannis man, and an 18-year-old man from West Babylon, N.Y in the Sable. All four men were students at Massachusetts colleges, police said.
A victim has identified as Kraig Diggs. “When he came to the house or any room, he would light up the room, he had that personality that would really move you,” said Kip Diggs, Kraig’s father.
“He was a lovable kid,” Rodney Fisher, father of another victim Jordan Fisher said. “Well-liked by all the kids, you know? Very popular. He was the best son that I could ask for.” “He loved college, he loved playing basketball, and he loved life,” Rodney said.
Kraig Diggs was a sophomore at Anna Maria College. “He made me happy,” said Kip Diggs. “He was working to excel for himself. He was trying to be the best he could be. And, that’s all I could ever ask.”
Major Anthony Thomas, the commanding officer of the State Police barracks in Middleboro, said that, “There is no indication that time allowed for evasive action by the northbound motor vehicle operator to avoid the vehicle travelling the wrong way.”
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