METHUEN (CBS) – One person was killed and another seriously hurt in a horrific three-vehicle crash in Methuen Tuesday morning.
It happened on Riverside Drive at the intersection at Strathmore Road just before 8 a.m.
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The Honda Accord after the crash. (Photo credit: Methuen Police)
Police told WBZ-TV a Honda Accord struck an 18-wheeler truck head-on. The impact of the crash pushed the Honda backwards into an Infinity SUV.
The Honda was destroyed.
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The SUV involved in the crash. (Photo credit: Methuen Police)
One person died. Investigators would only describe him as male.
A female was flown to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
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The truck involved in the crash. (Photo credit: Methuen Police)
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
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