STONEHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Police are searching for an SUV that was allegedly involved in a crash on I-93 in Stoneham that sent a car into a pond and its driver to the hospital Tuesday, officials said.
Police and firefighters responding to a reported crash on the southbound side of the highway around 2:40 p.m. found a 2017 Mercedes convertible that had gone through a guardrail just before the Route 28 overpass and landed on its side, partially submerged in Dark Hollow Pond, officials said.
The driver, a 59-year-old Charlestown woman, was trapped inside the car.
First responders removed the woman and transported her to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, police said.
A 2003 Toyota Corolla was also involved in the crash but the driver was uninjured.
Witnesses allegedly told police a black SUV set the crash in motion and then fled the scene despite signals to pull over from other drivers. The witnesses gave a license plate for the SUV, police said.
The identity of the SUV driver and the cause of the crash remain under investigation.
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