Massachusetts accident leaves 1 dead and 4 injured

On behalf of Aiken and Aiken P.C. Personal Injury Attorneys posted in Car Accidents, on Monday, June 13, 2016

The Massachusetts State Police has reported that a 34-year-old woman was killed and four others suffered injuries during the early morning hours of June 5 when two SUVs collided in Middlesex County. The accident took place on Route 3, which is also known as the Northwest Expressway, in Chelmsford at approximately 1:30 a.m. Route 3 was closed to traffic for more than four hours in the aftermath of the crash as paramedics tended to the injured and accident investigators went about their duties.According to the police report, the woman who lost her life was proceeding northbound on Route 3 in the vicinity of Route 495, which is also known as the Blue Star Memorial Highway, when her SUV was rear-ended by another SUV driven by a 45-year-old Nashua man. Police say that the man’s SUV struck the woman’s vehicle with sufficient force to flip it over. The woman and two of her three passengers were ejected when the SUV flipped over. She succumbed to her injuries after being transported to a medical facility in nearby Burlington. One of the woman’s passengers was also taken by paramedics to Burlington. Her condition was described as critical. A second passenger and the man who caused the accident were taken to a trauma center in Boston for treatment. They are both expected to recover. A 31-year-old New Hampshire man who had also been traveling in the woman’s SUV suffered minor injuries. He was taken to a hospital in Lowell.While law enforcement may still be investigating this accident, collisions of this type are often caused by distracted or impaired drivers. When negligent behavior causes harm to innocent road users, personal injury attorneys may initiate litigation on their behalf seeking compensation for their medical expenses, property damage and other losses.