DANVERS - A driver who suffered an apparent diabetic seizure drove off an embankment from Route 128 south and somehow wound up in a parking lot of the Liberty Tree Mall around 10:34 a.m. yesterday, police said. The driver, Scott Halik, 31, of North Reading escaped serious injury.
Halik was traveling southbound when he apparently went to get off at the Endicott Street exit, Exit 24, police said.
"He suddenly veered down the embankment, sideswiped a tree and struck a snowbank, causing the vehicle to go airborne, and it landed in the parking lot," police Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said.
The 2007 Jeep Patriot Halik was driving suffered damage to the undercarriage, front end and right side. Halik was taken by Lyons Ambulance to Beverly Hospital for treatment for the medical condition and not for injuries sustained in the crash, Bettencourt said. He was released from the hospital yesterday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Halik was belted in at the time of the accident, but the Jeep's air bags did not deploy, Bettencourt said. Officer Rolly Levasseur investigated the crash.
Halik was traveling southbound when he apparently went to get off at the Endicott Street exit, Exit 24, police said.
"He suddenly veered down the embankment, sideswiped a tree and struck a snowbank, causing the vehicle to go airborne, and it landed in the parking lot," police Sgt. Robert Bettencourt said.
The 2007 Jeep Patriot Halik was driving suffered damage to the undercarriage, front end and right side. Halik was taken by Lyons Ambulance to Beverly Hospital for treatment for the medical condition and not for injuries sustained in the crash, Bettencourt said. He was released from the hospital yesterday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Halik was belted in at the time of the accident, but the Jeep's air bags did not deploy, Bettencourt said. Officer Rolly Levasseur investigated the crash.
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