GARDNER, Mass. (WWLP) - A pickup driver is okay after speeding through the site of a crash straight into an electrical substation. Woman severely injured in Ludlow car-truck collision Police say the driver smashed through a fence and hit a pole at the National Grid facility in Gardner. The driver had to be rescued from the car since it was touching charged electrical equipment.  The driver was taken to the hospital for minor injuries and is expected to be okay. The identity of the driver has not yet been released. Local News Headlines Strangulation expert shares domestic violence signs at Springfield training What’s the most popular Halloween candy in Massachusetts? Will Massachusetts see northern lights, power grid impacts amid ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm? This is how many are in Massachusetts emergency housing assistance WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.