A 1-year-old girl has died after a single-car crash on I-495 in Andover on Friday.
The girl had been flown to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries but she died, the Essex County District Attorney’s office confirmed to MassLive. The driver, a 33-year-old woman, was taken to Lawrence General Hospital with minor injuries, police previously said. Both are from Nashua, New Hampshire.
A 2017 Toyota Camry was traveling north on I-495 in Andover when the driver lost control of the car, police said. The Camry went into the grass median, then into an embankment where it hit a tree.
First-responders initially took the infant to Lawrence General Hospital, police said. From there, she was flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital.
Police said they were investigating distracted driving as a potential cause of the crash. Although it is still under investigation.
