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    MA Crews Rescue Driver after Big Rig Overturns

    Sept. 29, 2021
    Firefighters from Westborough and Grafton rescued a truck driver who was airlifted to a hospital after a semi-trailer overturned on the Mass Pike.

    By Mike Elfland

    Source Telegram & Gazette

    Westborough, MA, Fire Department
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    WESTBOROUGH, MA — Traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike in both directions was backed up after a truck overturned in the westbound lanes.

    The crash occurred about 11:30 a.m.

    Firefighters from Westborough and Grafton used extrication tools to free the truck driver. He was transported by Life Flight helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

    Traffic in the eastbound lanes was back to normal about an hour after the crash. The westbound lanes remained slow as of 1:30 p.m.

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