PHINNEYS LANE CLOSED: Transformer down after two car collision… driver sent to CCH… [VIDEO]
HYANNIS – At about 5:30PM, Hyannis Fire and Barnstable Police responded to a two car collision that took down a pole and transformer near the intersection of Phinneys Lane and Midway Drive. There were live wires down and power outages in the area…
A vehicle rolled onto its side and the driver was transported to CCH with unknown injuries. A source at the scene said he was initially able to stand on his own and speak with medics…
The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. She was able to drive away in her vehicle after the area and downed wires were made safe…
Eversource Energy was called to the scene for extensive repairs to the pole, wires, and transformer…
Phinneys Lane will be closed for an extended period of time… likely into the late evening hours…
The exact cause of the crash is unknown at this time… The accident is being investigated by Barnstable Police.
The following video highlights the accident scene and extensive damage…
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In other news:
Driver critically injured when ice cream truck crashed…
BOURNE – A driver was critically injured when his ice cream truck crashed into a telephone pole.
The crash happened Saturday afternoon and the driver was reportedly rushed to a trauma center in Providence, RI…
Bourne accident photos by Krystina Leitao
BOURNE PRESS RELEASE
Motor Vehicle Crash
Scenic Highway West @ Bournedale
BOURNE, MA, 06/13/2015: At approximately 1410 hours, members of the Bourne Police Department, Bourne Fire Department, and the Massachusetts State Police responded to a single car motor vehicle crash reported west bound on the Scenic Highway in Bournedale Village.
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The first arriving Bourne officers located a single vehicle crash in the 800 block of Scenic Highway. A 1995 GMC ice cream vending truck had struck a utility pole on the side of the highway causing major damage to the vehicle and utility pole. The male operator was extricated from the vehicle by EMS and subsequently transported to a trauma center. While on scene, the overhead utility lines began sparking and smoking before power was lost in the area. Eversource estimated approximately 250 customers were without power as a result of the crash. Crews are on scene replacing the utility pole at the time of this release. Scenic Highway west bound was closed for a short time during the accident but has since reopened for one lane of traffic west bound. East bound traffic was not disrupted. Full travel is expected to resume once the pole has been replaced.
The accident is under investigation by the Bourne Police.
Bourne PD photo
6/14/2015
Robert Bastille,
