Somerset, MA : 2 dead in Christmas Night crash involving drunken driver, Mass on Tuesday, 26th December 2023

Two people, one a teenager, were killed in a crash caused by a drunken driver going the wrong way on Route 6 in Somerset, Massachusetts, on the night of Christmas, state police said Tuesday.

Another person was seriously hurt and all six people involved in the crash were hospitalized, Massachusetts State Police said. The allegedly drunken driver was arrested.

The crash shut Veterans Memorial Bridge, which connects Somerset with Fall River, according to NBC affiliate WJAR. Images from the scene showed two heavily damaged vehicles.

The two people killed in the crash were identified as Floriano Arruda, 73, and his grandson, 15-year-old Jacoby Arruda. Arruda's wife, 68-year-old Donna Arruda, was critically hurt and remained at Rhode Island Hospital Tuesday afternoon, according to the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn. All three lived in Seekonk; police had said they were from Dighton.

The wrong-way driver was identified as Adam M. Gauthier, 41, from New York City. He's being charged with manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide while under the influence, operating under the influence and more, police said.

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