A 17-year-old driver lost control of her car on the Chicopee Curve, leaving 5 people injured
SPRINGFIELD— Five people were transported to the Baystate Medical Center after the driver of the car they were riding in lost control on the so-called "Chicopee Curve" of I-91N shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday.
State Police Sgt. Richard Gawron of the Springfield Barracks, said the Honda CRV SUV left the roadway on the north side of the highway and rolled down a banking and landed in a rain culvert between the I-391 entrance and the bridge over the Connecticut River. The State Police received notification of the crash at 9:09 p.m.
Gawron said the 17-year old Springfield driver and her family were removed from the demolished car and taken to the hospital. Gawron said the condition of the injured is not currently available.
The accident remains under investigation.