Authorities have identified the woman killed in a fiery crash Thursday in South Yarmouth.

Beth Russell, 53, of Shrewsbury, died from injuries sustained in the wreck, according to Yarmouth police. No other injuries were reported.

Police on Thursday issued a statement providing details about the crash. They said a vehicle, driven by a person later identified as Russell, crashed into a tree and a utility pole in the 200 block of Old Main Street after 7 a.m. Thursday.

The vehicle suffered significant front-end damage and briefly caught fire, though firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze.

“The operator was transported to Cape Cod Hospital by the Yarmouth Fire Department, but did not survive,” police said in a press statement issued shortly after the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Yarmouth Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit, according to the media statement. Other agencies, including the Barnstable Police Department and the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department Bureau of Criminal Investigations, also assisted.

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