Oxford, MA – A Massachusetts State Police trooper narrowly avoided a head-on collision while stopping an allegedly impaired wrong-way driver on Interstate 395 early Sunday, Nov. 1, potentially preventing a serious crash involving other motorists.
According to Massachusetts State Police, troopers from the Sturbridge Barracks responded around 12:45 a.m. to multiple 911 calls reporting a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on I-395 in Oxford, Worcester County, southwest of Boston.
Investigators said the pickup had allegedly struck two vehicles in a fast-food restaurant parking lot before entering the highway at Exit 7, traveling north in the southbound lanes…