A car crashed into a tree on I-495 and burst into flames Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO/HOPKINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

A car crashed along Interstate 495 northbound at Exit 58 Tuesday afternoon, striking a tree and setting the car ablaze.

Massachusetts State Trooper Brandon Doherty stated in an email that the vehicle in the single-car accident at Exit 58 was a 2009 Honda Accord. It was driven by a 39-year-old female from Plainville. State Troopers and the Hopkinton Fire Department responded to the accident at about 12:50 p.m. near mile marker 56, which is about halfway between the Hopkinton exits and the MassPike ramps.

“The vehicle was towed from the wood line to the side of the roadway after HFD extinguished the flames,” Doherty stated. “The scene cleared at 2:30 p.m.”

“Upon arrival, first responders observed that the vehicle had struck a tree in the wooded area along the highway and was on fire,” according to HFD Chief Gary Daugherty.

“Firefighters extinguished the car fire with water and environmentally safe foam.”

The sole occupant of the car was transported to an area hospital by Hopkinton Fire EMS, he added.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, Doherty stated.