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2 killed in crash on Route 6 near Westport-Dartmouth town line 5%
By Samantha Genzer0%
7/12/2026, 10:34:11 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 23 hits. Analysis detected 23 faulty-reasoning hits from 288 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 20.8% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,108 of 14,814 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the article peer group.
Two people died after a two-vehicle collision on Route 6 near the Westport-Dartmouth town line on Friday evening, authorities announced.
The crash occurred around 7:35 p.m.
Friday and involved a Toyota Camry sedan and Saab sedan, the office of Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M.
Quinn said in a press release Saturday.
Quinn’s office identified the victims as Tristan Bedient, 34, of Acushnet, and Kate Aldrich, 51, of New Bedford.
Bedient was driving the Camry, with Aldrich as a passenger.
Their vehicle sustained "catastrophic damage" during the collision, Quinn said.
Following the crash, both Bedient and Aldrich were taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead, the district attorney said.
The Saab sedan carried two occupants who suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, Quinn’s office said.
Authorities said the investigation into the crash remains active and is being handled by the Massachusetts State Police, Dartmouth Police, and Westport Police, in conjunction with state police detectives assigned to the district attorney's office.
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