ANDOVER, MA : Victim identified in fatal Route 125 crash on Tuesday, January 10th 2017

The victim in a fatal crash Tuesday night on Route 125 has been identified as George Sanborn, 75, of Andover.

Sanborn was killed after his vehicle smashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on Route 125 Tuesday evening.

State police released a press statement shortly after 8 p.m., confirming the fatality. The driver of the tractor-trailer was identified as a 42-year-old Marblehead man.

Police said the accident occurred around 5 p.m. when a 2009 Dodge Caravan struck a Freightliner tractor-trailer from behind. The truck was stopped at a traffic light on Gould Road and Route 125 (near the state police barracks), according to a preliminary investigation by Trooper Stephen Thompson.

The crash occurred on the northbound side of the state highway, and the Dodge was traveling on the southbound side, according to the statement.
Thompson said the force from the impact caused the trailer on the truck to hit the cab of the Freightliner, cracking the rear window. Meanwhile, the Dodge became engulfed in flames.

The Andover Fire Department, along with Andover police and the state Department of Transportation, also responded to the scene. It was determined the Dodge contained one occupant who was pronounced dead at the scene, said Thompson.

The driver of the Freightliner remained at the scene, according to police. It was unclear if he was injured in the crash.
The intersection was closed for about three hours to extinguish the fire, clear the road and conduct the investigation, according to state police.

This crash remains under investigation.

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Victim identified in fatal Route 125 crash