boston legal actor dies

A US actor who starred in the TV series Boston Legal has been killed in a car crash.

Justin Mentell, 27, was driving along a highway in the northern state of Wisconsin when his 4WD plunged down an embankment and hit two trees, the Associated Press reports.

Police said the actor was not wearing a seatbelt when the accident happened on Monday morning local time.

Mendell played the attorney Garrett Wells on Boston Legal from 2005 to 2006 and also appeared in the Disney movie G-Force.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, a local farmer reported the accident after spotting the car wreckage in a field as he drove past.

"It looks like [Mentell] had been there for several hours. There are a lot of trees in that area, so if you were driving [past], you wouldn’t be able to see the vehicle," Wisconsin's Chief Deputy John Pepper told reporters.

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