State Police Investigating Deadly Wrong-Way Crash In Sterling
STERLING (CBS) -- State Police are investigating a fatal wrong-way crash in Sterling on Saturday night.
Troopers received a call about a wrong-way driver, traveling north on Interstate 190 south around 7:40 p.m.
While en route, the wrong-way vehicle, a 2015 Nissan Versa driven by 39-year-old Jeanette Adams of Worcester, hit two other vehicles traveling south, police say.
The Versa clipped a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by a 51-year-old Shrewsbury woman, before hitting a 2000 Volvo V70 station wagon head-on.
The Volvo was driven by a 64-year-old Worcester man.
Adams was rushed to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester where she was pronounced dead.
The Worcester man was MedFlighted to UMass Worcester with serious, life-threatening injuries.
The Shrewsbury woman was also taken to UMass Worcester with non-life-threatening injuries.
Following the crash, all lanes of Interstate 190 near the crash site were closed to traffic.
Traffic was diverted off at exit 6 to Route 12 in Sterling until about 9:40 p.m.
All lanes were reopened shortly after 10 p.m.
Several agencies assisted at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
