I-495 Hammer Attack: Two Men Arrested In Marlborough After Fleeing

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Two men were arrested Monday afternoon in Marlborough after fleeing the scene of an attack that put another driver in the hospital, according to state police.

State police responded around 2 p.m. to the I-495 southbound breakdown lane in Bolton after a report of a tractor-trailer driver seriously injured in an altercation.

"Evidence suggests that the operator of the tractor-trailer was assaulted by two adult males who were occupants of a Volkswagen GTI hatchback. During that assault the tractor-trailer operator was struck with a hammer. He was transported to Leominster Hospital, when he remains at this time," state police said in a news release Monday night.

After alerting local police about the men in the Volkswagen, police in Marlborough spotted the car driving in the city. After pulling the driver over, state police arrived to arrest the two men. They were not identified, and police did not immediately say what charges they might face.

One of the men in the Volkswagen was taken to Marlborough Hospital for injuries related to the fight with the tractor-trailer driver, police said. A woman who was riding in the Volkswagen was not arrested, police said.