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Posted by: tazoez

MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) We have some breaking news about a serious accident on the Mass Pike. State Police Trooper Perrault out of the Westfield Barracks told 22News that one of their cruisers has been involved in an accident.Trooper Perrault says the trooper in the cruiser is being transported to Noble Hospital for treatment. The accident happened at about 4:15 Thursday night in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 32. People driving east on the pike from Lee should run into delays. We will bring you more details as they become available.

BLANDFORD - A state trooper was seriously injured today when his cruiser was involved in a crash with a maintenance vehicle in the breakdown lane of the Massachusetts Turnpike, authorities said.
The trooper, whose identity was withheld tonight, was at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after being transferred from Noble Hospital in Westfield following the accident, state police spokesman Eric Anderson said.
His injuries were considered serious, but not life-threatening, he said.
The accident occurred in the eastbound break-down lane around 4:10 p.m., Anderson said. The trooper had apparently started a pursuit and was accelerating from the side of the road, when the maintenance truck pulled into the breakdown lane to stop, he said. The accident remains under investigation, he said. Seatbelt information was not available.

Sort of a bad pic of the cruiser but I found one on the net. Hope the Trooper is doing ok.




SPRINGFIELD - State police have identified the trooper who sustained serious injuries yesterday in an accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Westfield.

The trooper is Jeffrey T. Ahern, said state police spokesman Sgt. Robert M. Bousquet Jr.

Ahern, 48, was driving his 2004 Crown Victoria cruiser in the breakdown lane headed east in Blandford at 4:10 p.m. when he collided with a 2003 Ford turnpike service vehicle.

The driver of the service vehicle, Dean G. Varelas, 41, was not injured, Bousquet said.

Ahern, who works out of the Westfield state police barracks, was brought at first to Noble Hospital in Westfield.

A police spokesman said Thursday night that Ahern was transferred to Baystate Medical Center, where he was admitted and is being treated.

Ahern had apparently started a pursuit and was accelerating from the side of the road when the maintenance vehicle pulled into the breakdown lane to stop, the spokesman said.

Seatbelt information was not available.

The accident is under investigation, Bousquet said

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Posted by: kwflatbed

State Trooper Accident Update





BLANDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - A state trooper attempting to stop a driver
who was allegedly speeding on the Mass Pike is in serious condition after getting in
an accident.


The trooper pulled out onto the eastbound side of the highway to go after a driver
who he believed was speeding in a construction zone.
That is when he rear-ended a maintenance vehicle.

He is expected to survive his injuries.

http://weather.wwlp.com/story?artID=458895

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Posted by: CampusOfficer

Best wishes to the Trooper. Hope for a speedy recovery.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

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Originally Posted by CampusOfficer Best wishes to the Trooper. Hope for a speedy recovery.

+1

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Posted by: Sniper

+2

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

+3

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Posted by: badgebunny

My thoughts and prayers are with the Trooper and his family.

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Posted by: snapbox

Get well Jeff, our prayers are with you.

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Posted by: thespaminatior91

thats my father, and my thanks go out to all those who have him in their prayers

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Posted by: copcar65

Hope he gets well soon.

Keep us updated on his condition.

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Posted by: PBC FL Cop

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Originally Posted by thespaminatior91 thats my father, and my thanks go out to all those who have him in their prayers

Let him know we are all thinking about him and that he's in our prayers. Our best to you and your family!!

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Posted by: Badge 17

+1 on that. speedy recovery trooper!

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