David Curran/Satellite News Service
FALMOUTH – Falmouth Police have identified the driver killed in a car crash Wednesday night as Adam Colter, 54, of Mashpee.
The single-car accident happened just after 9 p.m. near Red Brook Road. Once on scene, officers found a Jeep Cherokee that had impacted a tree. Colter was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash is being investigated by the Falmouth Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Team.
Investigators said the vehicle was traveling northeasterly on Ostrom Rd. when Colter failed to negotiate a curve to the left. The vehicle traveled straight at the curve and struck the tree head-on.
