Wrecked Semi On I-290 Spills Fuel Into Lake Quinsigamond

WORCESTER, MA — A semitrailer crashed along I-290 in Worcester on Friday afternoon, sending the driver to the hospital and spilling fuel into Lake Quinsigamond.

State police reported the crash near 2 p.m. in the westbound lanes. It was just one of several serious collisions across the state Friday amid an unusual late-October snowstorm.

The I-290 crash was causing long delays. There was so much traffic, paramedics could not reach the semi driver, so troopers took him to the hospital in a cruiser.

There were two other crashes in the area on Friday afternoon. Several cars were involved in a pileup along the Mass Pike in Grafton, according to MassDOT. And two people were seriously injured in a separate Mass Pike crash in Westborough at around 1 p.m., according to state police.