A bizarre chain of events involving an overturned vehicle, and car that hit that vehicle, led to a man being dragged down Lincoln Street for about 100 feet, according to Holyoke police.
Holyoke police are investigating an incident Saturday in which a man was dragged by a car for a distance of about 100 feet. The man is in critical condition at Holyoke Medical Center.HOLYOKE -- A city man was still in the hospital Monday morning after being dragged by a car on Lincoln Street Saturday night, according to Holyoke police, who continue to investigate the chain of events leading up to the 11:39 p.m. incident.
The man, whom police declined to identify, remains in "very, very critical condition" at Holyoke Medical Center, according to Holyoke Police Lt. Michael Higgins.
Higgins described a bizarre set of circumstances leading up to Saturday's incident, in which the man was dragged about 100 feet after assisting at the scene of a separate motor vehicle incident.
In that incident, a woman flipped her car after crashing into a parked vehicle on Lincoln Street near Nonotuck Street. When the man went to help her, another vehicle crashed into the woman's overturned car and the man somehow got dragged by that vehicle, Higgins said.
"He fell to the ground and got trapped underneath" the passing vehicle, which dragged him roughly 100 feet up the block before stopping, Higgins said.
Police have not decided whether to charge the female driver of the vehicle that dragged the man.
"It's still under investigation. Whether or not there will be any charges, that (determination) will be down the road," Higgins said.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, the man remained at Holyoke Medical Center. Higgins said police would be calling the hospital to get an update on the man's condition.
THE MAP BELOW shows approximately where a man was dragged by a car on Lincoln Street in Holyoke Saturday night: