UPDATE The victim in this crash is identified as Kenneth Green, 70, of Searsport, Maine. The investigation into crash is ongoing. No further information is being released at this time.
INITIAL RELEASE Friday, May 14, 2021 at 02:58 a.m.
At 10:15 p.m. Thursday Massachushetts State Troopers from the State Police-Newbury Barracks responded to a tractor-trailer rollover on the ramp from Route 95 South to Route 110 in Amesbury. The operator of the 2014 Freightliner, a 70-year-old man from Searsport, Maine, was determined to be deceased at the scene.
Preliminary investigation suggests that excessive speed was a factor in the crash. No other vehicles were involved.
The victim’s name is not being released tonight.
The crash investigation is being conducted by Troop A of the Massachushetts State Police, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. Troopers were assisted at the scene by Amesbury Police, the Amesbury and Newburyport Fire Departments, and the Massachushetts Department of Transportation.