A three-car crash on Route 9 in Leicester left two people injured Friday evening, with one of them airlifted to a hospital, according to police. Investigators say a stolen vehicle was involved in the collision, which happened at approximately 7 p.m. near the former Leicester Drive-In Theater on Main Street.
The crash account comes from a report by Worcester Telegram, which cited police in stating that two people were hurt in the three-vehicle wreck and that one of the injured was flown to a local hospital. The report also attributed to police the statement that a stolen car was involved in the crash.
Earlier Radio Traffic Told a Different Story
The picture looked different the night before, when emergency radio transmissions around 6:35 p.m. described a two-vehicle collision involving a rollover and a potentially trapped occupant, according to a report from thecitizenchronicle.substack.com. That account said it was not immediately clear whether a helicopter had landed or whether anyone was transported by air, and noted that authorities had not yet released the number or severity of any injuries.
The same report referenced radio chatter about a reportedly stolen white 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee out of the Lake Street area that may have been connected to the crash, but it was careful to note that connection had not been officially confirmed by police at the time. A separate Citizen incident page, also from Nov. 13, described an unconfirmed 911 call reporting that a man had stolen a white Jeep from 36 Lake Street, though that report did not draw any link to the Route 9 crash itself.
Road Shut Down Near Old Drive-In Site
Leicester police announced at 8:04 p.m. on Nov. 13 that Route 9 was closed to all traffic near 1671 Main St. while the crash investigation was underway, per thecitizenchronicle.substack.com. That closure placed the scene in the same stretch of Main Street near the former Leicester Drive-In Theater identified by police in connection with Friday's crash.
Exactly how the overnight uncertainty resolved into the Friday report of two injuries and one medevac flight has not been detailed in either account, and no underlying police statement laying out that timeline has been made public.
Not the First Serious Wreck on This Stretch
Other Serious Wrecks in Leicester The crash comes amid broader traffic-safety concerns in Leicester, though earlier crashes alone do not establish a pattern at this site.
Route 9 through Leicester has seen serious crashes before. A separate head-on crash occurred on Route 9 near the Leicester Drive-In.
A stolen vehicle was also involved in a separate Route 9 crash in Leicester in September 2013. Police said a Jeep Liberty reported stolen in Worcester crashed near the Leicester-Worcester line after its driver fled an attempted traffic stop; the injured driver was taken to a hospital and later faced charges including receiving stolen property. That incident occurred at a different location and more than a decade earlier, and does not indicate any connection to this week’s collision. Boston 25’s account of the 2013 crash placed it near Old Main Street.
That earlier wreck occurred near the Leicester-Worcester line. As of Friday, this week's crash remained under investigation.
