COLRAIN — Colrain Ambulance transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center a 61-year-old woman who reportedly abandoned the 2020 Kia Sportage she was driving and returned to her Monroe home after the vehicle went down a roughly 3-foot embankment into a culvert Friday morning.
Massachusetts State Police, the Colrain Fire Department and Colrain Ambulance responded to the area of 162 South Green River Road at 8:57 a.m. According to State Police spokesperson David Procopio, troopers found the woman at her residence, where she complained of pain and was taken to the hospital. Procopio said he did not know how the woman got from Colrain to Monroe.
The vehicle was towed by Stagecoach Auto Repair in Charlemont, Procopio said.
Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Worden said weather conditions caused the accident. He did not know specifics about the victim’s injuries and said State Police are handling the investigation.
The state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is advising drivers to stay home if possible as temperatures are dropping quickly to below freezing in many areas, which will lead to a flash freeze of water on pavement.
“The mix of precipitation combined with low temperatures will mean slippery conditions,” Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said in a MassDOT press release. “Drivers should not be deceived when they see wet pavement in front of their homes, as that water will be freezing in many regions with the steep temperature drop.”
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