Massachusetts Rep. Olver survives car crash WILLIAMSBURG, Mass., May 23 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts congressman who lost control of his car while driving to a meeting said he was uninjured after it left the road and landed in a ditch. The crash occurred in Williamsburg, a small town about 10 miles west of Northampton, early Tuesday, The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported. U.S. Rep. John Olver, a Democrat, was driving from his home in Amherst to Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield at the time. "I have driven that road hundreds of times over the years," he said. I intended to pass a vehicle in a legal passing lane and a car appeared, so I couldn't pass and had to pull back. In doing that on the wet road, I basically lost control and went into a ditch. Olver never made it to the meeting. He said his car was in the shop Tuesday night, and he was waiting for word on the damage.