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Route 140 Closed For Medflight In Taunton After Crash

TAUNTON (CBS) - Route 140 reopened less than an hour after closing for a medflight landing. The highway was closed just after 2 p.m. Wednesday after a car went into the woods.

Massachusetts State Police said a crash with "serious injury" happened  near Route 79 (Exit 10) in Taunton. All lanes were closed to allow medflight to land.

Two people were in the car. One person was uninjured, while the other was medflighted to Rhode Island Hospital.

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