CHELSEA, MASS. (WHDH) - A driver was injured in a two-vehicle rollover crash on Route 1 in Chelsea Monday night.
Officers responding to a crash on the southbound side just past the Sixth Street on-ramp found a vehicle that had flipped over the median and come to rest on its roof against a wall, according to a post on the department’s Twitter page.
The driver of the overturned vehicle, a 43-year-old woman, was injured and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was stable and conscious, according to police.
The accident was caused when two vehicles collided on the northbound side of the road.
The highway was temporarily closed while crews worked to clear debris from the scene.
@CityofChelseaPD , @MassStatePolice, @ChelseaFire_MA, responded to Route 1 North beyond the Sixth Street on-ramp in Chelsea for a MV accident. 1 MV collided with another causing the vehicle in the photos to flip over the median wall falling 25 feet on its roof to the …> pic.twitter.com/AN8iLs5Lfp
— Brian A. Kyes (@MarshalKyes) November 11, 2019
… southbound side of Route 1. The 43 year old female victim who was operating the vehicle was transported to the Mass General in Boston. Thankfully she was conscious and alert.
— Brian A. Kyes (@MarshalKyes) November 11, 2019
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