Eight people were injured after a multi-car crash involving a logging truck on a highway in Massachusetts on Monday morning. One person was flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. 

Police say the crash happened just before 10 a.m., heading west on Route 2 in Phillipston.

A car and the logging truck caught on fire. One person was removed from a burning vehicle by a bystander before firefighters arrived. 

The fire was quickly knocked down, according to the Phillipston Fire Department. 

6 people taken to hospitals

One person was airlifted to the hospital with traumatic injuries. Five others were transported to local hospitals. Two other people involved in the crash refused to be taken to the hospital. Their identities have not been released. 

WBZ-TV's helicopter flew over the crash and saw that a dump truck, two vans, and two pickup trucks were also involved in the crash.

First responders say right before the crash, an oversized vehicle was stopped in a merge lane, but incoming cars didn't realize traffic was stalled as they came over a hill 

"So the vehicles coming couldn't see the vehicles that were stopped so that played part of the accident there," said Phillipston Fire Chief Jeffrey Parker. 

Five neighboring departments assisted with the crash. "It's something we take very seriously. We rely heavily on our mutual aid partners," Chief Parker said.

Route 2 was closed in both directions in Templeton and Phillipston for several hours after the crash. Massachusetts State Police are investigating.

Phillipston is over 30 miles from Worcester and just under 80 miles from Boston.