The crash was just one of many throughout the Pioneer Valley on Saturday as the snow fell before tapering off in the early evening.
AMHERST — Winter weather is being blamed for a single-vehicle crash in Amherst Saturday that sent a woman to the hospital.
According to Hugh Zeitlin of CBS 3 Springfield, media partner of The Republican/MassLive.com, Capt. Bill Dunn of the Amherst Fire Department said that around 3:40 p.m. a woman's vehicle slid off the pavement on Bay Road, sending it into the woods where it came to rest against a tree.
Dunn said that firefighters had to cut the woman from the vehicle and she was taken to Cooley-Dickinson Hospital for treatment of apparently non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash was just one of many throughout the Pioneer Valley on Saturday as the snow fell before tapering off in the early evening. Local police departments reported dozens of minor accidents that kept offers and towing companies busy for much of the day.
Winter weather advisories issued for many Massachusetts counties expired at 7 p.m., with the low-pressure system that spurred the afternoon snowstorm pushing into northern New England.
According to Mike Skurko, a meteorologist with CBS 3 Springfield, a strong cold front approaches the region on Sunday night with a surge of arctic air beginning its decent on southern New England on Monday.