Two People Injured After Crash in Holyoke on Route 5
A crash on Route 5 in Holyoke occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 25, 2018 at around 3:30 pm. A call was received stating that a pickup truck with two occupants had struck a tree near the intersection of Lincoln Street and Northampton Street.
Holyoke Fire Department responded to the scene to find the Nissan pickup truck had struck a tree hard enough to cause the two occupants to be stuck in the truck and unable to get themselves out. The firefighters had to use heavy-duty tools in order to free the passengers. They had to pull the top of the Nissan off using spreaders, rams, and ultimately hydraulic cutters in order to get one of the passengers out of the truck.