DA: Body found in burning wreckage of crashed car in Rowley

ROWLEY, Mass — An investigation is underway after a woman was found in the burning wreckage of a crashed vehicle in Rowley early Friday morning, law enforcement officials said.

Officers responding to a report of a crashed car on a private driveway at 935 Haverhill Street just before 1 a.m. found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker.

After crews extinguished the flames, they found Susan Frey of Gloucester inside.

A police officer spotted the same vehicle parked across town on Stackyard Road about an hour prior to the crash, Rowley Police Chief Scott Dumas said. That officer spoke with the driver, assessed the driver as capable of continuing to drive, and gave the driver directions back to the road leading to their home.

Dumas noted that the driver was later spotted on Route 133 in Ipswich and that there was no additional contact with the driver until police received a report of the crash.

Officials with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner were called to the scene. Video showed the wrecked vehicle on a tow truck covered in a blue tarp.

State police are assisting Rowley police with the investigation.

There were no additional details immediately available.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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