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A single-car crash in the southbound lane of Interstate 93 caused major delays for Thursday morning s commute.
One car struck the barrier of the HOV lane near Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy, causing multiple lanes to be shutdown heading south. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
As a result, traffic was delayed on the northbound side of the highway as well.
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The other driver, a 66-year-old Medway woman who had been driving a Suburu SUV, was also taken to the hospital as a precaution, police said.
Five minutes later, at 12:49 p.m., another trooper was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy, state police said.
In that crash, authorities said the trooper was behind the wheel of a marked police cruiser that crashed with a Honda Civic driven by an 86-year-old Quincy woman.
Both the trooper and woman were taken to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The cause of both crashes remain under investigation.