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Plymouth crash leaves man dead, 2 children injured

Massachusetts State Police say a 50-year-old Plymouth man died and two children were seriously hurt when a vehicle went off Route 3 and rolled down an embankment into the Eel River

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A Plymouth man has died after a vehicle went off Route 3 into the Eel River.

A man has died after a single-vehicle crash Friday in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that also left two children hurt.

Emergency crews responded around 5 p.m. to Route 3, where a vehicle went off the road and down an embankment. Massachusetts State Police said it landed upside-down in the Eel River.

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Three people were trapped in the vehicle, and first responders worked to free them.

The driver, a 50-year-old Plymouth man, was flown to a Boston hospital, where he was pronounced dead, state police said Friday night. A 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy were also hospitalized with serious injuries.

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Police said the left and right lanes were closed for nearly three hours after the crash, with traffic only able to pass through in the breakdown lane.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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