Couple killed in central Mass. crash identified

WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. -- State police have identified the Princeton couple killed in a highway crash in central Massachusetts.

Authorities said 39-year-old Todd Marsh was driving the Dodge Viper that went out of control Sunday night on Rt. 190 in West Boylston. The vehicle struck a jersey barrier, then careened across the roadway and slammed into a guardrail.

Marsh and his wife, 40-year-old Michelle Marsh, were pronounced dead at the scene.

In a statement, police said the car was following another vehicle at the time of the crash. They are asking anyone who might know who was driving the other vehicle to contact the state police.

The MetroWest Daily News reports that the couple was the parents of three children and that Todd Marsh owned a construction firm in Princeton.

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