State and Ludlow police continue to probe a Cady Street car crash in which the male driver suffered head and other serious injuries.
LUDLOW – Authorities this morning were unable to immediately provide an update on the condition of a male driver who suffered serious head injuries when his car crashed into a tree off Cady Street just before 6:30 p.m. Monday.
The driver, whose name was not released, was taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment, according to Ludlow Police Sgt. Joseph Metcalfe.
Metcalfe said the 29-year-old man was driving a Chrysler Sebring that was traveling at a high rate of speed when it went off the road near Grimes Street and struck a tree. It was not immediately clear if wet roads played a role in the crash, but speed was definitely a factor, Metcalfe said.
Massachusetts State Police investigators assigned to the office of Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni and troopers from the Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Section are probing the serious crash.
Cady Street was closed for about four hours while authorities investigated and cleared the crash site, Metcalfe said.
A 22News report said the unidentified man was "clinging to life," though that could not immediately be confirmed this morning with authorities. Metcalfe described told the TV station that the crash victim sustained "serious blunt force trauma injuries."
MAP of the Ludlow crash scene: