01/14/2015 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1215 hours on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 14, 2015 the Whitman Fire Department responded to the area of 1000 Auburn Street (Route-14), near Carousel Family Fun Center for a reported motor vehicle accident. Ambulance-248, Engine-2, Rescue-1, and Car-3 responded. Additional manpower was available to respond due to multiple calls, which had cleared just prior to the crash. Companies arrived to find a single vehicle accident, with a car into the woods and on its roof. Lieutenant Robert Hover reported that there was one person trapped in the vehicle. Box-55 was struck, bringing in off duty personnel to the station. Chief Timothy Grenno responded in Car-1 and Engine-1 responded to the scene for manpower with off duty personnel. A chainsaw was utilized to help clear a path for the first responders to extricate the victim from the upside down vehicle. The victim was able to be extricated without the use of the jaws of life. Once extricated, several firefighters assisted the victim, who was on a long board, to the stretcher and into the awaiting Ambulance-248. The victim was transported to the South Shore Hospital with an additional paramedic on-board. Whitman Police and the Plymouth County Sheriffs Department BCI Unit is investigating the cause of the single car motor vehicle accident, which occurred on a straightaway section of Route-14. Witnesses state that the vehicle simply lost control, and drove off the road, striking a tree and utility pole before flipping over on to its roof. National Grid responded to the scene to check the utility pole. Engine-2 and Car-3 stood by on-scene until the vehicle was righted and removed.
