Vehicle Loaded with Junk Loses Control and Crashes

On Friday, February 09, 2007 at 5:00 PM the Yarmouth Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle crash near the intersection of Route 28 and South Sea Avenue in West Yarmouth. Yarmouth Police Patrol Officer John E. Dimitres and K9 Patrol Officer Peter B. McClelland arrived at the scene and found a red 2000 Ford Focus crashed into a flower planter in the parking lot of the West Yarmouth Mobil Gas Station.  They further discovered that the entire interior of the vehicle was filled with all sorts of trash and rubbish, which covered the complete interior of the vehicle from floor to ceiling front and back. 

Patrol Officer Dimitres conducted an on-scene investigation, which indicated that the crash occurred as the operator of the Focus starting backing out of a parking space across the street at the West Yarmouth Post Office.  While in the process of backing up—the trash inside the vehicle shifted and jammed the accelerator pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate at a high rate of speed in reverse and travel over the curbing—across Route 28—striking and knocking over a light pole—weaved back on to Route 28—struck a westbound Ford Explorer—back over the sidewalk—and came to rest against the flower pot. 

Patrol Officer Dimitres determined that no one in the Explorer was injured and that the operator of the Focus was also uninjured.  The operator of the Focus admitted that several old coffee cups as well as assorted pieces of trash had fallen on to the gas and brake pedal causing her to lose control. The Ford focus was towed from the seen and the operator issued a citation. 

Operator

Ann E. Biglan—Age 53

West Yarmouth, MA 

Charges

Impeded Operation of a Motor Vehicle

Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle

Failure to Use Care in Backing

Operating with a Rejected Safety Inspection Sticker 

This media release was prepared by Yarmouth Police Department Lieutenant Steven G. Xiarhos