NORTHAMPTON - A single-car accident between Florence Road and Pine Street Wednesday evening left the driver critically injured, police said.
According to Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Vanasse, at 6:25 p.m., local police and firefighters responded to the intersection of Ryan Road and Florence Road after it was reported that a motorist in a four-door sedan had driven through the intersection and slammed into a row of trees, trapping the car's only occupant.
Emergency responders initially thought the car had caught fire, Vanasse said, but later found that tires spinning after the accident caused the inside of the vehicle to fill with smoke.
Although police are still investigating the accident, Vanasse said, it appeared that road conditions were not the cause.
Police did not identify the injured man but said he had been taken by an advanced life support ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital with serious injuries.
The accident forced police to reroute traffic around the intersection, and Pine Street and parts of Nonotuck Street were temporarily closed.
Vanasse said local and state police were still at the scene of the accident at 9 p.m., and a state police accident reconstruction team is investigating what caused the accident.
- OWEN BOSS
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