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Massachusetts man dies in car crash

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Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., was killed after the 2004 yellow Ford Focus he was driving went off Route 27 near the Basin Road intersection, rolled over and crashed into a rock wall and trees, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols.
Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., was killed after the 2004 yellow Ford Focus he was driving went off Route 27 near the Basin Road intersection, rolled over and crashed into a rock wall and trees, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols.

NEW VINEYARD – A driver died at the scene of a single vehicle crash Sunday night after police say he refused to stop for an officer, sped off and was later found in the wreckage of his car.

Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., was killed after the 2004 yellow Ford Focus he was driving went off Route 27 near the Basin Road intersection, rolled over and crashed into a rock wall and trees, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols.

On Sunday, Aug. 30, Sheriff’s Deputies Andrew Morgan and Kevin Hartley were monitoring traffic while sitting in the Maine Wood Turning parking lot on Route 27, near the intersection of Route 234 at the village center of New Vineyard.

At 9:40 p.m., “Morgan noticed a southbound vehicle traveling at what appeared to be at a speed over the posted speed limit,” Nichols said. In that section of the road, the speed limit is 35 mph and police say they clocked the vehicle at 54 mph.

Morgan pulled out to stop the vehicle, but as soon as he did “the southbound vehicle accelerated. As Morgan attempted to catch up to the vehicle and had his last sight of it, the vehicle was traveling 96 mph,” Nichols said.

Morgan could no longer see the vehicle but continued to travel southbound on Route 27. Deputy Hartley, who was following Morgan at a distance behind, “actually discovered the vehicle which had run off the road, rolled over and crashed into a stone wall and trees on a corner south of the Basin Road intersection,” Nichols said.

The driver, Daellenbach, was the registered owner of the vehicle, died at the scene as a result of his injuries. There were no other passengers in the vehicle.

“The driver was seat belted however the car sustained massive damage,” Nichols said. The Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into the accident.

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The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into the accident that killed a Massachusetts man Sunday night in New Vineyard.
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7 Comments

  1. A one of a kind kid for sure…the world will be a quieter place without your infectious laugh to hear…

  2. Man franklin county will break a record soon i would think for the most high speed chases. such a lost to his family and friends wonder what made him think this was the right choice.

  3. This is heart-breaking. As “3rd parties”, we often want to give opinions about how things like this could have been prevented or how he shouldn’t have been doing this or that. Saying these things does ZERO for the family. My heart goes out to them. Their lives will never be the same. NOTHING will ever be the same for them. What we can do is send them positive thoughts or prayers or whatever you believe in. Not trying to be critical but just trying to be helpful. Frankly this sucks for the people that loved and knew him and they will live with it forever.

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