A driver suffered apparently life-threatening injuries and his passenger was hurt when he crashed while fleeing an officer investigating reports of a large car meetup in Billerica, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning, police said.

The driver, an 18-year-old Maine resident, and his 25-year-old passenger were rushed from the scene of the crash on Boston Road, near Lexington Road, to Lahey Hospital, according to Billerica police.

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The meetup was being reported in local communities after midnight Tuesday, police said, and officers were posted at the Shops at Billerica when Burlington police notified them about 1:10 a.m. that 30 to 40 vehicles were headed there way.

An officer spotted sone vehicles that appeared to be

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