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1 Person Dead After Car Crashes Through Garage in Saugus

Authorities removed the driver from the car and took them via sled to a waiting ambulance.

A person who was pulled from an overturned car after it crashed through a garage has died.

Saugus first responders responded to 31 Hammersmith Drive around 1:30 p.m. Sunday for a report that a car crashed through a garage and went down an embankment.

Authorities removed the driver from the car and took them via sled to a waiting ambulance. The driver was transported to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead, officials said.

The victim's identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The victim was the lone occupant of the car.

The crash is under investigation, according to Ronald Giorgetti, the interim police chief.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has also responded to the scene after a report of an oil leak, police said.

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