By Owen Boss
Staff Writer
CUMMINGTON - A Haydenville man who was critically injured in a two-car rollover accident on Stage Road Wednesday afternoon was listed in stable condition at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.
According to Assistant Fire Chief Steven Emerson, it took local firefighters and emergency responders from Plainfield more than an hour to free George Fleischner, of 2 Hillenbrand Road, from his crumpled Toyota Camry before he could be flown by helicopter to Worcester.
Emerson said members of the Worthington Fire Department established a landing zone for the LifeFlight helicopter behind the Berkshire Trail School on Main Street.
Although a state police accident reconstruction team is still investigating the accident, Emerson said the cause appeared to be a patch of black ice on the bridge.
"That bridge was total ice," he said.
The driver of the other vehicle, a Toyota Tundra pickup, was transported by Highland Ambulance to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Emerson said. Emerson did not release the driver's name.
Emerson said the bridge was temporarily closed while the two cars were cleared from the roadway and was reopened after being sanded by a MassHighway crew Wednesday night.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com
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