GNB Voc-Tech football, baseball captain dies in single-car accident
NEW BEDFORD — A single-car crash this morning killed a local high school athlete and injured two of his companions, according to police and school officials.
The crash occurred at approximately 7:30 this morning at Exit 4 on Route 140 northbound, according to police, and one occupant — a 17-year-old student at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School — was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver and another occupant, both students at GNB Voc-Tech, were transported to St. Luke's Hospital, police said.
The deceased was identified by the superintendent's office as Andrew McCann, the senior captain of GNB Voc-Tech's football and baseball teams. He also ran on the track team, and was enrolled in the school's plumbing shop.
McCann was planning to attend American International College and earn a business management degree, with the goal of becoming a teacher at GNB Voc-Tech, said Linda Enos, the school's superintendent-director.
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