Overview
- Officials identified the victims as Thomas Perkins, 68, and his wife, Agatha Perkins, 66, both of Middletown, Rhode Island.
- A woman driving on the highway was struck by debris, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, was treated at St. Luke's Hospital, and later released.
- The aircraft was a Socata TBM‑700 that had just departed New Bedford Regional Airport, with federal investigators examining wreckage and flight history.
- State police said preliminary information indicates the plane may have been attempting to land and that the pilot did not appear to file a flight plan or report a passenger count.
- I‑195 saw multi-hour closures Monday; by Tuesday morning the fuselage remained in the median with an eastbound high-speed lane still closed as NTSB teams continued work on site.