State Police use cruiser to help stabilize crashed car on I-91 in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Traffic was at a near stand-still in Springfield Monday morning after Massachusetts state troopers responded to a multi-car crash on I-91 northbound near Exit 8.

The crash occurred around around 8:30 a.m.

Mass. State Police said that they had to use a cruiser to help stabilize one of the vehicles involved so that a female driver, a 29-year-old woman from Westfield, could be safely extricated. She was taken to Baystate Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

State Police added that a preliminary investigation indicates that the woman was stopped in traffic and was struck from behind.