SWANSEA — On Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at approximately 12:18 a.m., two Swansea Police officers in marked cruisers observed a white 2013 Infinity G37 traveling westbound on Route 6 at a very high rate of speed. Moments later, the officers saw the Infinity crash into the side of a blue 2022 Subaru Ascent that had been traveling southbound on Route 136 (James Reynolds Road).
According to Swansea Police Chief Mark Foley, both vehicles sustained “catastrophic damage” and Swansea police and fire arrived on scene shortly after the crash.
“The vehicle that was struck was fully engulfed in flames,” Chief Foley said in a statement. “First responders and bystanders attempted to extinguish the fire, but both occupants — a man and a woman — were pronounced dead at the scene.”
The 28-year-old driver of the Infinity that struck the victims’ Subaru was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
“Swansea police are aware that the vehicle that had been traveling on Route 6 was the subject of a police pursuit and the driver was wanted in connection to a homicide investigation in Rhode Island,” Chief Foley said. “Swansea police had been alerted to be on the lookout for the suspect’s vehicle. However, Swansea police were not involved in the pursuit and were not pursuing the vehicle at the time of the crash.”
The crash remains under investigation by the Swansea Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, and state police assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.
