WESTFIELD – A city woman failed to negotiate a curve, rolled her vehicle and landed upside down on railroad tracks early Wednesday morning.
A witness called police at 12:33 a.m. Wednesday to report that a vehicle was off the roadway and into the trees in the vicinity of 19 Arch Road and 2 Southampton Road.
While on the phone with the Westfield police dispatch, the caller was able to walk to the accident scene and reported there were possible injuries and entrapment.
At least four police units and three vehicles from the Westfield Fire Department arrived to find a 2008 Kia Sedona on its roof on the railroad tracks, according to police logs.
CSX was notified, but police were told that Pioneer Valley Railroad owns that section of tracks, so police notified PVRR.
Westfield Police Capt. Hipolito Nunez said they are auxiliary tracks used for deliveries, so there was no need to stop any rail traffic due to the accident.
Apparently, the 46-year-old woman had been traveling eastbound on Arch Road when “she didn’t navigate the bend in the road,” Nunez said.
She exited the roadway on the right and rolled over onto the vehicle’s roof.
The driver was extricated out of the vehicle and taken to Baystate Medical Center, where she is in stable condition this morning.
Three tow trucks arrived at the scene to right and tow the Kia from the accident site.
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