NORRIDGEWOCK – Police on Wednesday released the identity of a man who died at his home about four hours after declining medical attention at the scene of a car crash.

John Mosher, 54, of Smithfield was checked Tuesday morning at the accident site on Main Street by ambulance workers from Redington-Fairview General Hospital, then was released at his request, said Somerset County Sheriff’s Detective Lt. Carl Gottardi.

Mosher appeared to have cuts on his head and an arm, but declined to be taken to the hospital, he said.

Mosher was alone in his red 1994 Ford Mustang when he apparently lost control of the car as he left the Cumberland Farms parking lot about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, Gottardi said. The car was damaged extensively when it slammed into a light post on the driver’s side, Gottardi said.

Sheriff’s deputies found that Mosher had died when they were called to his home on Village Road for a medical emergency about 6:30 a.m., Gottardi said.

The Medical Examiner’s Office was scheduled to do an autopsy Wednesday to determine the cause of death. The accident is still under investigation, Gottardi said.

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