New Bedford man killed in single-vehicle crash in Freetown

FREETOWN — A New Bedford man died, and his passenger seriously injured, following a late-night crash this past weekend in Assonet.

The Freetown Communications Center received a 911 call at approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 14, reporting a serious single-vehicle crash on Copicut Road, near the intersection of Bell Rock Road.

According to Freetown Police, first responders arrived to find a 1997 Jeep Wrangler that had crashed into the wood line. They located the seriously injured 29-year-old-male passenger outside the vehicle, who was then transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford.

The 28-year-old driver, Edmund Arsenault Jr., of New Bedford, was ejected from the vehicle and discovered unresponsive. He was transported to Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, where he was later pronounced dead.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Freetown Police Department, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.