Crash closes Route 6
Middleboro man suffers serious injuries after car goes airborne over guardrail
Sandwich firefighters clear the scene of the crash Saturday morning that closed Route 6 westbound. Photo courtesy of Sandwich Fire Department
By Mary Ann BraggPosted Aug. 1, 2015 at 8:34 PM
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SANDWICH — A 28-year-old Middleboro man was taken by helicopter with serious injuries to a Rhode Island hospital Saturday morning after his car went airborne on Route 6 and hit two cars, according to a fire official and the state police. As a result of the crash, the westbound lanes of Route 6 in the area of Exit 2 were closed for an hour, and side roads in the area were heavily congested with drivers seeking alternate routes.
Responders received numerous 911 calls at 7:30 a.m. for the crash west of Exit 2, according to Sandwich Deputy Fire Chief John Burke.
The incident began when the car heading eastbound on the highway went airborne over a guardrail and landed in the westbound travel lane of Route 6, Burke said. The man’s car rolled over and he was pinned inside, Burke said.
The driver of an SUV heading west swerved to avoid the oncoming car and the SUV rolled over, Burke said. The driver was a 53-year-old man from Verona, New Jersey, and his passenger was an 18-year-old man from the same town, state Trooper Reid Bagley said. Both men were wearing seat belts, Burke said. They were taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth, the older man with a cut on his head, he said. The 18-year-old was uninjured, Bagley said.
A fourth person, a 67-year-old woman from Cotuit who was driving westbound, was treated at the scene after part of the man’s car hit her car, Burke said.
Rescuers spent about 15 minutes extricating the man in the first car, and he was taken by ambulance to the Henry T. Wing School in Sandwich, where he was picked up by a Boston MedFlight helicopter and flown to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. The man had head and neck injuries, and it was not apparent if he had been wearing a seat belt, Burke said. His injuries were deemed not life-threatening.
The state police are continuing to investigate the crash, which could take up to two weeks. No citations had been issued as of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Bagley said.
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The driver of this car, a 28-year-old Middleboro man, was flown to Rhode Island Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after the car went airborne and crossed into the westbound lane of Route 6. David Curran photo
Four injured in early-morning accident
Four people were injured in a crash on Route 28 near Osterville-West Barnstable Road in Marstons Mills early Saturday morning. A section of Route 28 was closed in both directions as police reconstructed the accident. Photo by David Curran
By Sam MintzPosted Aug. 1, 2015
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MARSTONS MILLS — Three people suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in an early-morning crash at the intersection of Osterville-West Barnstable Road and Route 28, according to police and fire officials.
Barnstable police and the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire Department responded to the scene around 3:15 a.m. and discovered the two heavily damaged vehicles, according to a statement from the fire department.
Rescuers used a hydraulic tool to remove two people who were trapped in one of the cars; two others had gotten out on their own, according to the statement.
Two 20-year-old women were taken by MedFlight helicopter to Boston Medical Center and were in stable condition, according to Barnstable police Officer Michael Lounsbury. A male, whose age was not known, was taken to South Shore Medical Center, according to the statement.
A fourth victim, a male, was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. His age was also unknown.
Barnstable police are investigating the cause of the crash and no other details were immediately available.
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