Overview

• The crash occurred Saturday around 1:35 p.m. on I-195 West near Exit 19 in Dartmouth, resulting in a high-impact single-vehicle collision.
• Both occupants, identified as 19-year-old Kevin Dos Santos Lopes of New Bedford and 18-year-old Amilton De Pina Semedo of Pawtucket, were ejected and later pronounced dead at St. Luke’s Hospital.
• The force of the wreck dislodged the engine of their 2006 Chevy Equinox, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn.
• Massachusetts State Police and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office have deemed the crash non-suspicious and are still determining its cause.
• Responding troopers closed the westbound center and right lanes on I-195 to accommodate emergency responders and investigators.