Wilmington, MA :State Police Investigating Serious Crash on Route 93 in Wilmington on Monday, July 6th 2015

A serious accident on 93 S in Wilmington Monday sent one man to the hospital in a helicopter and snarled traffic for miles during the height of the evening commute.
At about 5:40 p.m. Monday, State Police from the Andover barracks responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Route 93 South, south of exit 40 in Wilmington, said Massachusetts State Police in a statement Tuesday.Preliminary information collected in the investigation by Trooper Ryan Resmini indicates that a 25-year-old man from Brockton was traveling on Route 93 South in a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis when his vehicle rear-ended a 2007 tractor trailer, which had slowed down due to heavy traffic.As a result of the crash, the operator of the Mercury was trapped in his vehicle. Wilmington Fire Department responded to the scene to extricate the patient from the vehicle and treat him before Boston Medflight transported him to Brigham and Women’s Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Boston Medflight landed on I-93 S to transport the injured driver. Mass State Police closed the highway in both directions.A seven-month-old female passenger was uninjured in the crash. The operator of the tractor-trailer, a 30-year-old man from Atkinson, New Hampshire, was also uninjured in the crash.The cause of this crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed at this time. Traffic was impacted for almost an hour as a result of this incident.State Police were assisted on scene by members of the Wilmington Fire Department.There is no further information available.

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State Police Investigating Serious Crash on Route 93 in Wilmington