Photo Courtesy of the Greenfield Police Department
By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Greenfield, MA) A car crashed onto the closed General Pierce Bridge early this morning. At 7:30 am Tuesday morning the Greenfield Police Department were called to the bridge on a report that a 2015 Nissan had crashed onto the bridge through the barricades that indicated the road was closed.
The vehicle was traveling from Montague towards Greenfield and after crashing through the barricades, the vehicle fell off the decking and onto the exposed I-beams. The driver’s name has not been released, but she has been transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center and will be charged with Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol, among other civil infractions.