The Wellesley Police Department is reporting that the driver of an SUV died on Tuesday after being involved in a one-car crash in Lower Falls.

According to the report, the vehicle appeared to have been traveling eastbound on Washington Street, then left the roadway at the intersection of Orchard Street before traveling a short distance and coming to a full stop back near 76 Washington St.

An officer, waved down at 11:18am by a person standing near the black vehicle but who said she was not involved in the accident, observed that the male driver was unconscious and unresponsive. The male party was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital by the Natick Fire Department, which had a vehicle nearby at the time.

The driver was pronounced dead at the hospital; the victim’s identity is not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.

Wellesley Police blocked off a section of Washington Street from Glen Road to Walnut Street while reconstructing the crash at the scene.

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