10/21/2013 - Around 2030 hours on the fall evening of Monday, October 21, 2013 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a report of a pedestrian struck in the area of 401 South Avenue. Ambulance-248 and Car-3 responded. Companies arrived on-scene to find 2-victims down at the intersection of South Avenue and Raynor Avenue. 1-victim was the person who was struck by the vehicle and the other was reported to be the operator of the vehicle who struck the victim. Whitman struck a box for manpower. Ambulance-247, who was just clearing an area hospital, responded to the scene for the second victim. Command of the scene, Lieutenant Robert Hover, requested Boston MedFlight to respond to transport the pedestrian that was struck by the vehicle. MedFlight responded to the Memorial Field landing zone at 20 Essex Street. Engine-2 responded to secure the landing zone. The reported operator of the vehicle was transported to the Brockton Hospital by Ambulance-247. Ambulance-248 transported the pedestrian that was struck to the landing zone. The crew from MedFlight evaluated the patient and then loaded them into the awaiting helicopter. The victim was transported to the Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. Whitman Police and the Plymouth County Sheriffs Department are currently investigating the accident.
