HUNTINGTON, MA. (THECOUNT –Montgomery woman, Melinda Carriveau, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Huntington, MA, single-vehicle crash Wednesday night.

According to a release from the Massachusetts State Police, Carriveau, 39, was traveling as a passenger in a Ford pickup truck on MA 112 when the male driver exited the roadway for an unknown reason. The vehicle then jumped a guardrail before coming to a rest in the woods.

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Carriveau was ejected from the vehicle during the crash, according to the release.

She was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead as a result of blunt force trauma injuries.

The vehicle, a 2000 Ford F250 pickup, was being driven by a 42-year-old Montgomery man southbound on Route 112 when — for reasons under investigation — he reportedly drove “off the north side of the roadway, over a guardrail and into the woods,” police said. source

The male driver, who was not named, was extricated from the vehicle using the Jaws Of Life tool and transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.