FREAK ACCIDENT: Teen run over by her own truck… Medflighted from Marstons Mills… [VIDEO… UPDATED INFO]
UPDATE – 11:30AM – 9/5/2014: According to sources, the teen was traveling south on 149 when she experienced brake problems. She managed to pull to the side of the paved travel lane, where she got out; the truck was still on an incline. The truck began to roll back and she somehow got caught and dragged as far as 20 to 30 feet. She had serious lacerations, bruises, and possible internal injuries. (An unconfirmed online source reports a man in a car traveling behind her was one of the first to come to her aid.) Police and rescue responded to a call initially described as pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. The normal sources are not releasing the minor’s name at this time. In the video below, you can see the tow truck driver loading the truck onto his flatbed. At one point the truck’s emergency brakes appear to malfunction and let go, allowing the truck to lurch backward … it’s uncertain whether the same thing happened to the young girl, but it would be consistent with current information.
UPDATE – 10PM – 9/4/2014: According to police sources, the 17-year-old girl is now listed in “stable” condition…
UPDATE from C-O-MM FD press release: At 4:41pm, the C-O-MM Fire Department was notified of a “pedestrian” [Note: according to police sources she was also the driver of the truck…] struck by a motor vehicle at the intersection of Route 149 and Route 28. A 17-year-old female with serious injuries was transported by a C-O-MM ambulance to the Marstons Mills Airport. The patient was transferred to the Boston Medflight crew who flew her to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
MARSTONS MILLS – [Stand by as this story updates with further details…]
According to police sources, the young female driver who was just rushed to hospital by a helicopter was the driver of the truck that ran her over…
The young driver was south bound on Route 149 when she apparently had trouble with her brakes…
She somehow exited the vehicle and wound up under the wheel and wheel well…
The truck was on it’s way up a hill as it approached the traffic lights at Route 28…
Injuries were serious and she was immediately taken by ambulance to an airfield further down Route 149. From there she was airlifted…
A Barnstable Police accident reconstruction expert was called to the scene…
The incident is under investigation by the Barnstable Police Department…
HN will follow up with the BPD for additional details…
The following video highlights the airlift and scene of the accident… [Press play]
9/4/2014
Robert Bastille,
