HOLYOKE - A motorist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Wednesday evening after being struck head-on by a pickup truck on Route 5, police said.
According to Holyoke police Sgt. Philip J. McKay, at 4:30 p.m., police responded to a section of Route 5, just over the Holyoke Easthampton line, for a reported two-car accident involving a pickup truck and a sedan.
Although he declined to identify either of the two motorists involved, McKay said the driver of the truck told emergency responders that he accidentally swerved into the southbound lane when trying to roll down his window.
"One of the operators, who was traveling north on Route 5, said he was trying to roll down the window when the handle suddenly snapped off, causing him to swerve in to the southbound lane," McKay said.
The pickup driver was also taken to the hospital, McKay said, where he was treated for minor injuries.
A Holyoke accident reconstruction team was called to the scene, and McKay said investigators were still working to determine the cause of the crash late Wednesday night.
- OWEN BOSS
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