MA Woman Erpharo Gilbert ID’d As Victim In Monday Night Bridgewater Fatal Fiery Hit-And-Run

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MA. (THECOUNT) — Erpharo Gilbert, of Raynham, Massachusetts, has been identified as the victim in a Monday night hit-and-run vehicle crash in Plymouth County.

Gilbert, 46, was killed in a multi-vehicle hit-and-run crash in West Bridgewater Tuesday night.

According to reports, a Toyota Scion TC was traveling on MA-24 in West Bridgewater, when the vehicle came into contact with a Honda Accord operated by Gilbert. The Honda then exited the roadway and came into contact with a concrete barrier around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. A Ford Pickup truck then came into contact with the Honda causing it to burst into flames.

The 23-year-old Brockton man operating the pickup truck was uninjured in the collision.

Gilbert was pronounced dead of blunt force and thermal injuries at the scene.

The Toyota driver fled the scene and positive identification is being sought by police.

The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Plymouth County is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 494,919. Its county seats are Plymouth and Brockton. In 1685 the County was created by the Plymouth General Court, the legislature of Plymouth Colony, predating its annexation by the Massachusetts Bay Colony – Wikipedia.