Enough local folks drive I-93 to make this worth posting.

State Police are hoping to talk to anyone who was driving in the area of I-93 on Friday about 4:45 p.m., and who may have seen an older-model, dark blue passenger van in the southbound lanes.

Police are trying to figure out whether the van "contributed to the sequence of events" that led to a fatal crash.

Mark R. Ecker II, of East Longmeadow, a two-time veteran of the war in Iraq who lost both his legs in an explosion there in 2007, was killed in the crash.
He was a passenger in a Pontiac Sunfire that rolled over after its driver lost control in Andover, just north of River Road. The driver was not seriously hurt.

If someone else caused an accident that killed a guy who had given both of his legs to his country, I'd hope anyone from around here who saw that van will call state police right away.

(978) 475-3800.