Crash involving cement truck and two cars in Oxford kills 1, injures 5
A head-on collision between a cement truck and car, which then involved an SUV, killed one person and injured five others in Oxford Monday, according to Mass. State Police.
Around 8:30 Monday morning, a 31-year-old Sturbridge woman driving eastbound on Route 20 crossed the dividing line and crashed head-on into a cement truck traveling westbound, police said. The crash caused the truck to roll onto its side and pushed the car back into the eastbound lane where it hit an SUV. Police said they do not know at this time what caused the woman’s car to veer into the oncoming lane.
The woman driving the car was pronounced dead at the scene and her two passengers, an 8-month-old boy and 2-year-old boy, were both injured, police said. They were transported to UMass Medical Center where the 8-month-old was put on life support and the 2-year-old received emergency care, according to police.
The cement truck’s driver, a 34-year-old Oxford man, was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The SUV’s driver, a 55-year-old man from Southbridge, and his passenger, a 26-year-old Southbridge resident, were taken to UMass Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, the two cars involved in the crash were removed from the road and crews were working to get the truck upright, authorities said. Route 20 remained closed in both directions as officials worked to clear the cement that had spilled from the truck, according to police.
Police said they are continuing to investigate the crash.
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