TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) —One of the drivers involved in a serious crash in Taunton earlier this week has died, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III announced Friday.
Richard Blanchette, 20, of Middleboro, was critically injured in Tuesday’s three-car crash on Somerset Avenue. He wa
s rushed to a Massachusetts hospital, where he died Thursday.
BACKGROUND: 4 taken to hospital after serious crash in Taunton
Three other people were also taken to the hospital with injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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