DRIVER CITED AFTER OUT-OF-CONTROL VEHICLE NARROWLY MISSES MAN’S BED ROOM… [HN PHOTOS]
SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS – A man was awakened by a loud crash outside of his bedroom window minutes after midnight this morning. Some of the occupants of the home on Old Main Street expressed feeling relatively fortunate the vehicle did not strike their house.
According to radio transmissions, the driver of the vehicle called dispatch saying he had fallen asleep just prior the crash. The young adult male was eventually transported to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
A section of Old Main Street needed to be completely shut down due to a splintered utility pole with dangling wires. The roadway was expected to remain closed until utility crews could repair the damage.
The Yarmouth Police Department is investigating the cause of the single-vehicle crash.
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DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL, CITED AFTER SERIOUS CRASH
SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – Yarmouth Police responded to a serious vehicle crash on Old Main Street just after midnight Friday morning, sending one person to the hospital. When officers arrived, they found a Ford Mustang with heavy front-end damage and the driver still inside.
Just prior to the crash, the vehicle had reportedly been spinning its tires and “fishtailing” as it accelerated at a high speed down Old Main Street. The vehicle then struck a utility pole, sheering it from the base of the pole and approximately 12 feet off the ground. The car then came to rest in the front yard of a South Yarmouth residence.
Yarmouth Fire Department paramedics extricated and treated the driver for injuries prior to transporting him to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries.
The 20-year-old operator was cited with Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Speeding at a Rate of Speed Greater than Reasonable, and Marked Lanes Violation.
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