Scanner reports say that the driver is trapped in the vehicle.
A car reportedly rolled over in front of 50 Phillips Street in Watertown, trapping the driver inside. According to scanner radio reports, the accident occured on the side street off Mt. Auburn Street at about 2 p.m., and an ambulance was called to the scene. Follow Watertown Patch for any updates on the story.
The driver was conscious when he was taken to hospital. People in the area lost power when the utility pole snapped.
A single car accident at about 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23 sent the driver to hospital after he drove his late-model Ford into a utilty pole, snapping it off at the base. It took Watertown Fire crews nearly 20 minutes to remove the driver, who was conscious, and place him in the ambulance. During the accident, at the corner of Church and Marshall streets, the car spun nearly 50 feet down the road before coming to a rest at Marion Road. People at the scene reported hearing a loud bang and then many lost their lights. Watertown Police arrived and quickly closed Church Street.
One woman was taken to hospital after the accident, in which the vehicle ran off the road and struck a utility pole.
A vehicle ran off the road, struck a utility pole and rolled over at the intersection of Coolidge Hill Road and Arlington Tuesday morning at 8:41 a.m., sending one woman to the hospital, and injured the driver of a second car. The driver of the car that rolled over got out before emergency crews arrived, said Deputy Fire Chief Tom McManus. She suffered non-life threatening injuries, but fire crews immobilized her as a precaution and took her to Beth Israel Hospital. The driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries and declined to be taken to hospital, McManus said. The accident, which occurred near Matilda’s restaurant, could have been worse, McManus said. “It was a matter of luck, somebody could have been seriously hurt,” McManus …
Rob_Mc
9:47 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012
That was exactly my thought that street is 2 blocks long, but I hope everyone is ok! more ›