2 Workers At Lowell Utility Site Hurt When Car Crashes
LOWELL (AP) — Police say two workers at a utility construction site in Lowell were hurt, one seriously, after a car went out of control.
The accident happened at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday as workers from New England Utility Constructors were preparing a trench for a natural gas line repair project.
Police said two detail officers were guiding traffic around the site when a vehicle driven by a 76-year-old woman suddenly accelerated down the wrong side of the road, barely missing one of the officers before striking the front bucket of a Bobcat machine. The bucket spun and hit a worker standing near the trench.
The man was hospitalized with head, neck and back injuries.
A second worker suffered a leg injury.
The driver of the car refused medical treatment and her 84-year-old husband was being evaluated.
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