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Last Wednesday evening, a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 93 hospitalized a Londonderry man. The driver was found unconscious after his vehicle veered off the highway and into a grouping of trees. Police say the accident occurred around 8:15pm between Exit 1 and the Massachusetts border. Emergency response crews removed the driver through the passenger’s side door.

There were no passengers in the car and apparently no one else was injured. The car crash victim was transported by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital, then flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Boston.

The auto accident is still being investigated and the man’s age is not known.

Source: Salem crash leaves man unconscious, Eagle Tribune, February 4, 2010 Continue reading

On Sunday afternoon, a multiple motor vehicle accident on Route 341 injured a Massachusetts woman who had stopped to help another driver. Police say a gray Subaru wagon rolled in the area of Kent Hollow Road around 3:15pm and the woman was reportedly attempting to rescue the driver from the Subaru. Meanwhile, a Marbledale School van slid off the road when it tried to stop and aid in the rescue effort, hitting the Subaru and pushing it on top of the woman.

Fortunately, other drivers on the scene of the car accident were able to lift the van off the woman before emergency responders arrived. Once crews arrived, the woman was transported to New Milford Hospital and then transferred to Danbury Hospital. She reportedly sustained serious injuries, including several broken bones, that were not believed to be life-threatening.

Two passengers in the school van were treated for non-life threatening injuries at Sharon Hospital. The Subaru’s driver was taken to New Milford Hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Source: Good Samaritan seriously injured in multi-car accident, Register Citizen, January 25, 2010 Continue reading

On Sunday evening, a Somerset woman died in an auto accident on Route 195 West. According to Massachusetts state police, the 65-year-old woman was driving a Ford Taurus near Exit 8A in Fall River when the vehicle crashed, killing the driver. The accident occurred around 8:30pm. She was transported to Charlton Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

During the two hours following the car accident, police closed the high speed lane of Route 195 for an investigation. The motor vehicle crash is still being investigated by police.

Sources: One woman dies in I-95 crash, Turnto10.com, January 24, 2010 Woman killed in I-195 crash, WPRI.com, January 25, 2010 Continue reading

Massachusetts State Police say a car crash on Route 195 West in Westport killed a driver early on Saturday morning when a 1996 Toyota Camry veered off the road and hit a barrier in the breakdown lane. The vehicle rolled over and came to rest in the middle of the highway.

The Camry’s driver, a 26-year-old from West Warwick, Rhode Island, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, according to police. A passenger was ejected from the car and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where the 23-year-old woman was treated for serious injuries.

The motor vehicle accident is still being investigated.

Sources: Woman hurt in crash, The Sun Chronicle, January 24, 2010 Rollover Crash Kills One, The Boston Channel, January 23, 2010 Continue reading

Police closed Amherst Street on Sunday morning after a motor vehicle crash involving an ambulance and a car. The ambulance reportedly hit a Nissan Maxima as the car was exiting the highway at Exit 7. The driver was treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries, and the ambulance attendants suffered minor injuries.

The patient inside the ambulance was apparently not injured in the car crash and was taken to Massachusetts’ Lahey Clinic for ailments not related to the accident. Police said they were called to the scene of the accident at 11:30am. When they arrived, the ambulance had its emergency lights and sirens on.

The auto accident is being investigated by the Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Unit.

Source: Ambulance-car crash ties traffic, Nasha Telegram, January 18, 2010 Continue reading

Early Sunday morning, a car crash in Boston killed a passenger and injured a 49-year-old Worcester man, who remains in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. The car accident victim was driving a 1978 MG Midget when his vehicle was hit head-on by an allegedly drunk driver in a black 1995 Jeep Brand Cherokee.

The auto accident occurred around 1:45am on the turnpike near the Prudential center tunnel in Boston.

The alleged wrong-way drunk driver was held in $100,000 cash bail. The driver allegedly tried to flee the scene of the motor vehicle accident by running down I-90. He was not injured in the crash and pleaded not guilty to charges of motor vehicle homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol, negligent driving, driving under the influence of alcohol causing serious bodily harm, and driving a motor vehicle the wrong way.

Source: Surviving victim of wrong-way crash still critical, Telegram & Gazette, December 29, 2009 Continue reading

In Middleboro, Massachusetts last week, a motor vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer and two cars seriously injured a 41-year-old Falmouth man. State police say the accident occurred on Route 495 near Exit 6 around 8:11am when a 2002 Volkswagon hit a tractor-trailer that was stopped in the breakdown lane. That crash sent a 2007 Toyota Corola off the road and into a wooded area, seriously injuring the driver of the Toyota and the Volkswagon.

One of the auto accident victims was taken to Boston Medical Center and the other to Morton Hospital in Taunton. The tractor-trailer operator was not injured.

Following the motor vehicle collision, Route 495 South was closed for approximately two hours. Traffic was diverted onto Route 24 North during the initial investigation. Massachusetts State Police, along with several other agencies, are still investigating the car crash.

Source: Falmouth man injured in Route 495 crash, CapeCodOnline, December 17, 2009 Continue reading

Massachusetts State Police report that last Friday a wrong-way car accident in Methuen seriously injured three people. The car collision occurred around 3pm on Route 213 when a 2006 Pontiac G6 crossed over the median and hit a 2000 Ford Explorer head-on.

The driver of the Pontiac, a 19-year-old Methuen man, was injured in the auto accident and was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. The 63-year-old driver of the SUV and his 50-year-old passenger were also injured and taken to Lawrence General Hospital for medical treatment.

Source: Three Injured in Wrong-Way Crash, TheBostonChannel.com, November 28, 2009 Continue reading