Update 2: Police Identify Driver Killed in Highway Accident

Massachusetts State Police have identified the driver who was killed when the van he was driving crashed on Interstate 95 South in North Attleboro Thursday morning.

The driver is identifed as La Phan, 49, of Plymouth.

Phan was driving a van owned by the Humarock Fish Company of Hanover when he lost control of it. 

The crash remains under investigation by Troop H of the Massachusetts State Police, with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Bristol County State Police Detective Unit.

Troopers were also assisted by the North Attleboro and Attleboro Fire Departments.

Traffic was at a crawl on Interstate 95 South and North and Massachusetts State Police officers were on the scene of the fatal one-vehicle accident in North Attleboro north of Exit 5. Motorists were advised to seek alternate routes of travel.

The accident was reported at 7:07 am after a Care Van discovered a commercial van in the wooded median between the two sides of the higway. Emergency personnel pronounced the Phan deceased at the scene. 

A preliminary investigation by Trooper Sean O’Brien indicates that the van was traveling south on Route 95, left the roadway north of Exit 5, and crashed into the median. 

State Police Trooper Paul Dockrey said the driver lost control of his vehicle after the left, front tire blew out.