ANDOVER, MASS. (WHDH) - Authorities are investigating a violent crash on Interstate 495 southbound in Andover on Tuesday that sent two people to the hospital.

Troopers responding to a reported crash prior to Exit 97B around 4:20 p.m. determined a Toyota SUV and a Hyundai sedan had collided in the roadway, sending the SUV careening into a tree, according to state police.

A 52-year-old Bradford man was taken by medical helicopter to Tufts Medical Center.

The passenger of the SUV, a 50-year-old Bradford woman, was taken by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital.

The driver of the Hyundai was uninjured.

No additional information was immediately available.

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