Crime & Safety

Serious Injuries Reported In Reading Rollover Crash

A victim was flown to the hospital by medical helicopter after a car rolled over and ended up in the woods, according to fire officials.

(Patch Graphics)

READING, MA —A person was flown to the hospital following a vehicle rollover accident in Reading on Thursday evening, according to Reading Firefighters Local 1640.

The crash occurred when a vehicle left the Route 129 rotary and ended up in the woods. Reading and Wakefield fire crews extricated the "heavily entrapped victim."

The victim was taken to a trauma center.

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The rotary was closed for a period of time Thursday from the Wakefield side at the I-95 northbound on-ramp to the Haverhill Street off-ramp in Reading.

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