Driver, 20, and Passenger, 19, Killed in MassPike Crash in Framingham

Originally posted at 9:13 p.m.

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Massachusetts State Police have identified the man and woman inside a minivan that were killed in Wednesday's crash on the Mass Pike eastbound in Framingham.

The minivan operator, William Barnett, 20, and his passenger Alyssa Grenier, 19, both from Stafford Springs, Connecticut, died on the scene.

It is Massachusetts State Police Policy not to comment on the relationship of the deceased parties.

At 5:13 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, troopers from the State Police barracks in Weston received several calls for a serious crash on Route 90 eastbound in Framingham. 

On arrival troopers found a tractor trailer had crashed into the side of a minivan. Both occupants of the minivan, a male and a female, were determined to be deceased on scene. 

The operator of the tractor trailer was transported for non, life-threatening injuries to Metro-West Medical Center.

Preliminary reports indicate that the van spun-out and was then T-boned by the tractor trailer, which was hauling lumber. 

Troopers are looking at the possibility the crash was weather-related however, the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The left and middle travel lanes were closed for close to five hours to allow for crash investigation, recovery of the victims and eventual clean up. 

Traffic was impacted during the morning commute with traffic delays up to 18 miles on the eastbound side.

The facts and circumstance of the crash are under investigation by Troop E of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Photo and the State Police Commercial Vehicle enforcement Unit. Troopers were assisted on scene by Framingham Fire Department and Mass Department of Transportation.