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Single Car Crash Fatality in Westport on Thanksgiving

Bristol County District Attorney’s Office

Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney


Press Release
November 28, 2022



A 22-year-old Fall River man died as a result of a single-vehicle crash on Route 195 in Westport on Thanksgiving morning.


At 2:07 am on November 24th, a motorist contacted emergency services to report a single motor vehicle crash on Interstate 195 West just prior to Exit 16 in Westport.  The caller advised that the vehicle was engulfed in flames.


Massachusetts State Police and Westport Fire officials were dispatched to the scene.  After the fire was extinguished, emergency personnel determined the sole occupant of the vehicle, Holdjer Decarvalho, was deceased.  No other vehicles appear to have been involved in the crash.


The investigation is ongoing.



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Gregg Miliote

Director of Communications

774-292-9576