A driver was injured early Saturday morning when his car left the road and crashed into a Revolutionary War monument at downtown Haverhill’s Grand Army of the Republic Park.
Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. said the unidentified driver was driving just before 3 a.m., along Winter Street and towards Main Street, when it veered off, striking a small tree, sign post, small retaining wall and the large solid granite monument.
The driver was taken to a Boston hospital for treatment. Doherty said the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The Honda CR-V incurred heavy front-end damage, while the monument—dedicated in 1915 to the “Sons of the Revolution who served in the Revolution for American Independence”—was minimally damaged.