Driver, passenger killed after SUV hits deer on Route 495 in Chelmsford

CHELMSFORD - Two people from Acton were killed when an SUV hit a deer on Route 495 in Chelmsford early Friday morning. The driver was identified as 53-year-old Rudolph Vah and the passenger was Jartu Flamma.

Massachusetts State Police said the SUV was on the northbound side of the highway when it collided with the deer around 5 a.m.

The SUV then went into the median, went into the air and hit several trees. Vah, Flamma, and the deer were killed in the crash. When police arrived at the scene, they found the car among trees in the median.

Parts of Route 495 North and southbound were closed until around 10 a.m.