wo cars collided head on, and another two cars apparently were unable to stop and crashed into the initial pile up.
View full sizeTraffic sits at a standstill on the Mass Turnpike due to a four-car, head-on collision near Ludlow. At least two people were taken to the hospital.
LUDLOW - A head-on collision involving one car driving the wrong way shut down the Westbound lane of the Massachusetts Friday night and sent at least two people to the hospital with serious injuries, state police said.
All westbound lanes were closed down and troopers were diverting cars at Exit 7 in Ludlow, said Trooper Kenneth Gaetz. The crash occurred at about 8:30 p.m. near mile marker 54, he said.
Two cars collided head on, and another two cars apparently were unable to stop and crashed into the initial pile up, Gaetz said.
At least two people have been taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, he said.
He said he had no idea when the road would be opened up, and that it could be at least a few hours.
Area police and fire departments are on the scene, as are the state police crime scene and accident reconstruction units, and the state Department of Highways.
Troopers are trying to determine how the crash happened, but it appears one car, a 2001 Honda from Connecticut, was driving the wrong way on the turnpike. It collided head on with a 1993 Subaru registered to an address in West Brookfield.