RUSSELL, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Authorities are investigating after two crashes caused lengthy delays along the Mass. Pike in western Hampden County.
Mass. State Police said that troopers responded to a tractor-trailer crash on the eastbound side of the highway, on the Woronoco Bridge in Russell, at 8:40 a.m. Thursday. That crash caused damage to some fencing and guardrail in a construction zone.
One lane of traffic was initially getting by the first crash when, in part because of the backup from the initial incident, a second crash between a tractor-trailer and four passenger vehicles occurred around 9:30 a.m. on the eastbound side in Montgomery, which resulted in injuries…