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Man dies in head-on collision with teen driver in Seekonk, police say

A 25-year-old Attleboro man died in a head-on collision with a teen driver in Seekonk Thursday morning, police said.

Shawn Nguon was driving aa Nissan Altima when he crashed into another a Honda Accord driven by a 16-year-old boy from Attleboro at around 4 a.m. at 372 Central Ave. on Route 152, officials said.

Nguon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Seekonk Police Capt. Matthew Jardine said it appeared the 16-year-old driver entered the lane of travel and collided with Nguon’s vehicle.

Police did not know how fast either vehicle was traveling, but the speed limit on Route 152 is 40 m.p.h., Jardine said.

The teen driver was transported to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Rhode Island with non-life-threatening injuries, the Bristol district attorney’s office said in a statement.

Seekonk Police and Massachusetts State Police are investigating the cause of the crash, police said.