NEWS BRIEFS: Vehicle airborne into snowbank… “threaded needle” between home and utility pole.. [VIDEO]
HYANNIS – The driver of a vehicle that went airborne after hitting one snow bank and landing in another is possibly looking at motor vehicle charges according to sources at the scene.
At 1:50am, police received a call regarding a car crash on Spring Street near the intersection with Stuart Street. The caller also reported injuries.
Hyannis Rescue responded and treated the driver inside an ambulance for serious “priority two” facial injuries. The female driver was eventually transported to CCH with injuries that were serious, but not considered life-threatening.
A Hyannis fire engine also responded after a firefighter described significant gasoline leakage resulting from impact after the vehicle went “airborne.”
First responders were relieved matters were not much worse, as the vehicle narrowly missed the side of a home on one side, and a transformer-bearing utility pole on the other.
The charges the driver may be facing would be related to operating to endanger, and police will also be investigating the possibility of operation under the influence according to sources… but that information has not been officially confirmed yet as officers were still conducting their investigation at the hospital at the time of this report.
HN will provide updates as they became available.
The following video highlights the scene of the crash… [Press play… select HD and enlarge for best quality…]
In other news:
Police investigating a ‘smash and grab’ type break in near the Yarmouth/Barnstable town line…
WEST YARMOUTH — At about 2am, Police responded to an alarm and discovered a smashed window at the Sav-On Gas station on Camp Street. The window was smashed in near the cash register.
It appeared the suspect gained entry…
A K-9 unit was called in and there was a track…
Barnstable Police also responded to assist…
Police were processing footprints in the snow and other evidence at the scene.
Developing… check back for updates…
In other news:
Cape Cod sex offender and “former” Aryan Nation member sentenced for failing to register…
Photos: File mug shots
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz press statement:
LEVEL 3 SEX OFFENDER AND FORMER MEMBER OF ARYAN NATION SENTENCED FOR FAILING TO REGISTER WITH AUTHORITIES
BOSTON – A former Cape Cod man who was residing in Missouri under an alias was sentenced yesterday for failing to register with law enforcement authorities as a sex offender.
David W. Lacouture, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 78 months in prison and seven years of supervised release. In November 2014, Lacouture pleaded guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with failing to register as a sex offender.
In September 2010, Lacouture was convicted in Barnstable County of indecent assault and battery on a child. As a result of that conviction, Lacouture was required to register as a Level 3 sex offender. At some point, Lacouture relocated to Florida and then Missouri where he failed to notify law enforcement authorities in Massachusetts, Florida, and Missouri. Notifications to law enforcement authorities are required so that sex offenders can be properly monitored, and so communities can have information about sex offenders living, working, or going to school in their neighborhoods. In April 2013, he was arrested under an alias on new state charges and returned to Massachusetts.
Lacouture’s previous criminal convictions include indecent exposure to an 11-year-old girl and a federal conviction for conspiracy to possess a firearm by a felon involving a Chinese SKS assault rifle. Furthermore, by his own admission, Lacouture was previously a member of the Aryan Nation.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and John Gibbons, United States Marshal for District of Massachusetts, made the announcement. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Ortiz’s Major Crimes Unit.
In other news:
First responders rushed to an OD behind the Elks Lodge…
HYANNIS – At about 8:35pm, Wednesday, police and rescue responded to the parking area behind the Elks club for what was described as a high “priority one” medical call and possible overdose…
The patient was alive when transported to CCH. Further details regarding this rescue call were unavailable at the time of this report…
To the rear of the Elks Lodge is a bar where club members are known to drink, but this is the first time HN has ever reported on possible drug activity in or around that establishment…
HN NOTE: Overdoses continue to occur at a steady rate. Last evening Hyannis rescue and police responded to at least three reports of overdoses. In the first case, the patient was breathing when rescue arrived but eventually needed to be transported to CCH. In the second case, the patient refused rescue and the call was reclassified as a “medical assist.”
But what’s important to mention is that overdoses are challenging emergencies under normal road conditions, but last evening it was snowing and the roads were slippery. An overdose is a priority call and first responders were subjected to the perils of racing across icy surfaces in order to try and save a life…
Also, a typical overdose can tie up 2 to 3 police units and at least one ambulance. As I’m typing this report (just after midnight), police are responding to this evening’s third overdose in the area of Oak Neck Road in Hyannis. Narcan reportedly had already been administered by a roommate prior to police and rescue arriving… but extra firefighters and an engine needed to also respond to assist with lifting the patient down a flight of stairs.
Emergency vehicles can be tied up for considerable amounts of time depending on the circumstances and condition of the patient. Sometimes resources are stretched to the max and other patients needing emergency medical services need to wait for ambulances from other districts or towns.
It’s tough to say whether there has been any improvement in the amount of overdoses lately. It is encouraging to note, however, that the members of town government are at least talking more about the issue… and that positions have been created to address the problem. But it will be interesting to see whether these politicians are just throwing money at the problem, or if real solutions actually occur. Of course everyone is rooting for an improvement… and an ongoing statistical decline will verify if the tax money is well spent… and statistics will also verify if it’s just another example of creating more positions so more government hacks can line their pockets. (Let’s hope I’m wrong on this last remark…)
Stay tuned…
2/13/2015
Robert Bastille,
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