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Early Tuesday morning, a Massachusetts woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Route 93 in Wilmington. When troopers responded to the call at 1:17am, they discovered a 2006 Nissan Altima that had been traveling north on Route 93 when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle and hit the left guardrail. The Nissan ended up in the left travel lane, where it was hit by a 2006 Honda Accord.

The 22-year-old driver of the Nissan was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Burlington, where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the Honda, a 35-year-old North Andover man was taken to the same hospital and treated for injuries. Following the car crash, the two left travel lanes were closed for roughly two hours during the crash investigation and vehicle removal.

The fatal car accident is still being investigated by the Massachusetts State Police, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.

Source: Tewksbury woman dies in two-car crash in Wilmington, GateHouse News Service, February 23, 2010 Continue reading

Our Boston personal injury lawyers recently read about two unrelated car crashes that occurred on Friday and Saturday of last week. On Friday evening, a rollover accident on Interstate 84 in Sturbridge killed a Worcester woman. The 25-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident after an SUV hit the truck she was riding in.

Two other people were ejected from the truck and seriously injured, but the driver of the truck was not injured. The SUV driver and his passengers suffered minor injuries. Police say the SUV driver was charged with speeding and may face more severe charges once the accident investigation is completed.

Early Saturday morning, another car accident occurred in Boylston, Massachusetts when a 21-year-old woman’s vehicle crossed the center lane and crashed into a utility pole on Route 70. The car burst into flame and the driver died. Police are still investigating.

Source: Two killed in central Mass. crashes, Boston Globe, February 20, 2010 Continue reading

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