2 troopers, driver injured after Mass. State Police cruisers struck in separate incidents

WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. (WHDH) - Two state troopers and one driver were injured in separate crashes in Massachusetts on Monday night.

The first incident involved a trooper from the Middleborough barracks who had gotten out of his cruiser after pulling over a vehicle in the area of Exit 17 on Route 24 in West Bridgewater around 10 p.m. when it was struck by a 2018 Tesla Model 3 sedan from behind, according to state police.

The impact pushed the cruiser into the stopped car as the trooper jumped over the guardrail to avoid being hit, state police added.

The 20-year-old Holbrook woman operating the stopped car and the trooper were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the Tesla, operated by a 42-year-old Weston man, is being charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Then, just after 11 p.m., a trooper from the Charlton barracks was out of his vehicle while clearing the scene of a crash on the eastbound side of the Mass. Pike in Warren when a rented 2019 Subaru Outback struck the back of a cruiser.

The cruiser was subsequently pushed into the trooper, who was thrown to the roadway and sustained serious injuries, state police said.

The Subaru then struck a second cruiser, which sustained minor damage. The initial cruiser hit sustained major rear-end damage and a broken rear axle.

The trooper was treated at UMass Medical Center in Worcester and released around 9 a.m.

The driver of the Subaru, a 30-year-old Brighton man, is being cited for negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating at a speed greater than reasonable and failure to take care in stopping.

The causes of the crashes remain under investigation.

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