A Department of Transportation worker was seriously injured Thursday when a crash on the Everett Turnpike split his tractor in half.Two lanes of the Everett Turnpike in Nashua were closed Thursday after the crash on the northbound side of the highway just before Exit 5. Traffic was backed up to the Massachusetts border, but all lanes were back open by about 4:20 p.m.Police said a PT Cruiser drifted into the breakdown lane and struck the DOT tractor, which was broken into two pieces.A DOT worker riding in a tractor that was not hit told WMUR he was shaken up. He did not see the collision, but it happened right behind him.He said he and his coworker had just wrapped up for the day after mowing along the Everett Turnpike. They were in the breakdown lane about to get off the highway at Exit 5, just about a mile from the DOT shed, when the vehicle crashed into the mower.The worker said his coworker and the other driver were taken away in ambulances. The DOT worker was transferred to a Boston hospital with serious injuries. Police said the car's driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. State police are investigating what caused the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Patrick Randall at 603-223-8844 or patrick.randall@dos.nh.gov.

A Department of Transportation worker was seriously injured Thursday when a crash on the Everett Turnpike split his tractor in half.

Two lanes of the Everett Turnpike in Nashua were closed Thursday after the crash on the northbound side of the highway just before Exit 5. Traffic was backed up to the Massachusetts border, but all lanes were back open by about 4:20 p.m.


Police said a PT Cruiser drifted into the breakdown lane and struck the DOT tractor, which was broken into two pieces.

A DOT worker riding in a tractor that was not hit told WMUR he was shaken up. He did not see the collision, but it happened right behind him.

He said he and his coworker had just wrapped up for the day after mowing along the Everett Turnpike. They were in the breakdown lane about to get off the highway at Exit 5, just about a mile from the DOT shed, when the vehicle crashed into the mower.

The worker said his coworker and the other driver were taken away in ambulances. The DOT worker was transferred to a Boston hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the car's driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

State police are investigating what caused the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Patrick Randall at 603-223-8844 or patrick.randall@dos.nh.gov.