Massachusetts Plane Crash: Small Aircraft Socata TBM 700 Crashes on I-195 Median, Catches Fire in US; 2 Dead and 1 Injured (Watch Videos)
A small aircraft, a Socata TBM 700, crashed on the median of Interstate 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, October 13, catching fire and killing two people. The victims, Thomas Perkins, 68, and Agatha Perkins, 66, from Middletown, Rhode Island, were found inside the fuselage and pronounced dead at the scene.
A small aircraft, a Socata TBM 700, crashed on the median of Interstate 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on Monday morning, October 13, catching fire and killing two people. The victims, Thomas Perkins, 68, and Agatha Perkins, 66, from Middletown, Rhode Island, were found inside the fuselage and pronounced dead at the scene. A woman driving a Hyundai Sonata was injured when parts of the plane struck her car; she was treated and released from St. Luke’s Hospital. The plane had taken off from New Bedford Regional Airport around 8 AM, and portions of the wreckage were scattered into a nearby woodline. Reportedly, the pilot had not filed a flight plan or disclosed the number of passengers aboard. The crash occurred amid strong winds and rain from a nor’easter affecting the region, and the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause. US Plane Crash: 2 Small Aircraft Cessna 172 and Extra EA-300 Collide Mid-Air While Attempting To Land at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport in Colorado; 1 Dead and 3 Injured (See Pics and Videos).
Massachusetts Plane Crash: 2 Dead, 1 Injured on I-195
Plane crash on 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. pic.twitter.com/oqVcvTtCGd
— Jessica Machado (@jessmachadoshow) October 13, 2025
Socata TBM 700 Crashes on I-195 Median in Dartmouth
2 dead in fiery small plane crash on Route 195 in Dartmouth
Plane crash victims identified
The district attorney identified the victims as 68-year-old Thomas Perkins & his wife, 66-year-old Agatha Perkins. Both are from Middletown, Rhode Island.#Dartmouth #Massachusetts #USA pic.twitter.com/wkJDrz7iuT
— Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) October 14, 2025
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