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This morning, State Police responded to a wrong-way crash involving two vehicles on Route 95 Southbound in the area of Exit 37A in Reading which resulted in serious injuries to the operators.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper David Nicastro indicates that a 26-year-old woman from Conway, South Carolina was traveling northbound in the southbound travel lanes in a 2013 Honda Civic when her vehicle struck a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, which was traveling southbound at the time.
As a result of the crash, the operator and sole occupant of the Honda and the operator and sole occupant of the Volkswagen, a 24-year-old man from Nashua, N.H., were transported to Lahey Hospital in Burlington for treatment of serious injuries.
While the cause of this crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section, alcohol is believed to have been a factor as it relates to the wrong-way operator.
State Police were assisted on scene by Reading Fire and EMS, Reading Police, and MassDOT.
