01/28/2013 - Shortly after 1800 hours on the evening of Monday, January 28, 2013 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a report of a car into a pole in the area of 235 Franklin Street. Ambulance-248, Engine-2, and Car-3 responded along with the Whitman Police. Companies arrived to find a single car motor vehicle accident with one car into a telephone pole. Firefighters extricated the victim from the drivers seat and on to a long board for the transport. The airbags appeared to have deployed in the accident. The single occupant suffered minor injuries and was transported to the South Shore Hospital. Slick road conditions may have played a factor in the evening crash, as snow was falling prior to the collision. The Whitman Police is investigating the cause of the crash. No other injuries were reported.
