01/24/2017 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1015 hours on the rainy morning of Tuesday, January 24, 2017 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a school bus at the intersection of South Avenue and Franklin Street. Ambulance-248, Engine-243, and Car-3 responded. A Hanson ambulance on-sited the motor vehicle accident and stepped out to assist. They noticed that the van had caught fire in the engine compartment, and quickly grabbed the small extinguishers located on their ambulance and were able to knock down the fire. The school bus was unoccupied at the time of the collision. The occupant of the van was transported to a local hospital with reportedly minor injuries. The cause of the motor vehicle accident is under investigation.
