State police said Justin Goglas crashed into seven or eight cars.
SPRINGFIELD – State police charged a 24-year-old New Haven, Conn. resident with several counts of leaving the scene of an accident as well as reckless endangerment of a child, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and operating under the influence of drugs, after he struck several cars as he was traveling north on Interstate 91 on Saturday afternoon.
Trooper Brian L. Clapprood said Justin Goglas crashed into five or six cars in Massachusetts. He also drove erratically in Connecticut, where he hit several cars.
State police caught up to Goglas after he slammed into a jersey barrier, near the Forest Park curve, and got out of the car. Goglas is being held at the Hampshire County House of Correction and is due to be arraigned Monday in Springfield District Court.
Clapprood said the mother of the 1 1/2-year-old child also was in the 1993 Toyota station wagon. He said the state Department of Children and Families has been notified. The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m.