One person is dead after a four-car crash on Route 28 in Reading late Friday night.
Local emergency services received nearly a dozen 911 calls about a collision at the intersection of Main and Hopkins Streets shortly after 10 p.m. Police responded to the call, the Reading Police Department said in a post to its Facebook page.
Police said a 2006 gray Volvo XC70 was speeding down the southbound lane of Main Street and at the same that the driver of a green 2014 Ford Fusion was headed east on Hopkins Street, toward the intersection with Main Street.
Police said they believe the Volvo’s driver blew through a red light and struck the Ford Fusion on its driver’s side. The Ford spun into traffic on the northbound side of Main Street, colliding with a gray 2014 Audi Q7.
The Volvo, meanwhile, slammed into a 2018 gray Toyota RAV4 after the initial collision, police said.
The Ford’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while the Volvo’s driver was taken to a local hospital. A passenger from the RAV4 also was injured and taken to a local hospital, police said.
As of Saturday morning, investigators had not released names and the crash remains under investigation. If you have information about the crash, Reading Police have asked for a call at 781-944-1212.
