Driving student cited in Mansfield crash that killed 80-year-old man
MANSFIELD — An 80-yearold man died following a car crash here Saturday morning caused by a driving student who failed to yield to oncoming traffic near the town’s high school, authorities said.
John Masciarelli was a rearseat passenger in a gray Toyota Corolla operated by the student. The vehicle collided with a white Ford Explorer around 8:30 a.m. near the school’s rear entrance on East Street, authorities said Saturday afternoon.
Masciarelli appeared to suffer from a “medical episode,” after the crash and he was transported to a local hospital, Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said in a separate statement.
A Mansfield police officer who happened on the scene reported the crash, Mansfield police said in a statement.
Masciarelli was transported to a local hospital, Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said in a separate statement.
“Mr. Masciarelli was transported by Mansfield EMS to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was pronounced deceased after receiving life-saving measures by medical staff,” Quinn said.
The student driver and the Corolla’s front-seat passenger, a road test agent for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, were taken to the hospital for observation and treatment for minor injuries, according to Quinn.
The RMV employee was treated and released from the hospital, a spokeswoman for the agency said late Saturday night.
The driver of the Ford Explorer was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital with minor injuries, Quinn said.
The driver of the Corolla was a student of Teachers Driving Academy, police said. The driving school did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.
The student driver was cited for causing the crash when the student failed to yield to oncoming traffic, Mansfield police said. Quinn said the student driver had a permit.
The crash is under investigation by the Bristol district attorney’s office and detectives from the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the district attorney’s office.