Driver Critically Injured After Head-On Collision With Tow Truck In Saugus
SAUGUS (CBS) -- A 38-year-old Saugus man was critically injured after a Toyota Camry collided head-on with a flatbed tow truck Tuesday. Police responded to the intersection of Lincoln and Palmer Avenue in Saugus around 12:40 p.m.
Firefighters on scene used the jaws of life for 20 minutes in order to extricate the injured driver, the fire department said.
He was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.
According to D&R Towing, one of their truck drivers was involved. The 57-year-old man from Hudson, N.H. was shaken up but okay.
The company said the truck driver had little to no time to react as the sedan swerved into his lane.
