03-08-2025
New Bedford teen among two people killed in I-195 car crash, DA's office says
Two teenagers, including one from New Bedford, were killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth on Saturday, July 26.
The Bristol County District Attorney's Office on Sunday, July 27, said that Kevin Dos Santos Lopes, 19, of New Bedford and Amilton De Pina Semedo, 18, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, died in the crash.
According to the DA's office, State Police responded to multiple 911 calls for a crash on I-195 west near the Reed Road exit around 1:35 p.m. on July 26. When they arrived, troopers found a 2006 gray Chevrolet Equinox had crashed. The engine had been dislodged and both men had been ejected from the vehicle.
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No other cars were involved in the crash.
Lopes and Semedo were both taken to nearby hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.
The DA's office said the crash is not deemed suspicious, and is under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police along with troopers assigned to the DA's office.
This article originally appeared on Standard-Times: DA's office: New Bedford teen killed in car crash on Interstate 195
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