09/16/2015 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 0630 hours on the morning of Wednesday, September 16, 2015 the Whitman Fire Department was alerted to a motor vehicle accident in the area of 1120 Auburn Street (Route-14). Engine-2, Ambulance-247 and Car-3 responded. Prior to companies arrival, the Bridgewater ambulance which was returning from the hospital reported that a truck had struck a house. Whitman companies arrived to find a two vehicle accident with a large truck into a house. The occupant of the truck that struck the house was reportedly unconscious when EMS personnel arrived. When the victim regained consciousness, he became combative with fire, EMS, and police on the scene. The occupant became so irate and out of control that he needed to be restrained by several of the fire and EMS on the scene, and ultimately was tasered by a police officer on the scene. Prior to colliding with the house, the truck struck a landscaping vehicle that was stopped on Auburn Street for a school bus. Occupants of the vehicle were not reported to be injured. Ambulance-248 was called to the scene to evaluate the other vehicle. The operator of the truck was transported to the Brockton Hospital with a police escort. No one in the house was injured. Police charged the operator with driving under the influence of drugs, driving negligently, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer; two counts of assault and battery on fire personnel; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on fire personnel, a shod foot; disorderly conduct and possessing less than one ounce of marijuana.
