Police investigate fatal accidents
State police are investigating a pair of fatal overnight accidents.
Police say a 23-year-old Franklin woman was struck by at least one vehicle while walking in the high-speed lane of Interstate 495 north in Westford just before 4 a.m. Friday. She was pronounced dead at the scene. What she was doing in the highway remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.
The accident forced the closure of all three lanes of traffic, but the road reopened just after 7 a.m.
Police say an SUV rolled over on Route 24 south in Stoughton just after 2 a.m. The driver, a 51-year-old Fall River woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say she may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
The victims' names were not immediately released.
