A driver plowed into the back of a police cruiser which then struck a firefighter while the two were responding to a tractor-trailer truck fire on Interstate-91 Sunday afternoon.
The driver, the West Springfield firefighter and the state trooper, who was in the cruiser when it was struck, were all brought to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Massachusetts State Police officials said.
The crash and the fire caused the entire southbound side of the highway to be closed for at least an hour. Several northbound lanes were also closed during the incident, police said.
State police and the West Springfield and Holyoke Fire departments had responded to a tractor-trailer truck that caught fire at about 12:15 p.m. near Exit 14. No one was injured in the original incident, police said.