04/10/2013 - Approximately 20 minutes after midnight on the morning of Wednesday, April 10, 2013 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on South Avenue near Stetson Street. Whitman Ambulance-247, Engine-2 and Car-3 responded. Companies arrived to find a single vehicle crash involving a Jeep. The Jeep collided with a gas pump at Leadbetter's South Avenue Motors located at 180 South Avenue. The gas pump was sheered off of its base and smashed into the side of the building. The gas station was closed at the time of the collision. There were no injuries on the scene but firefighters were tied up while speedy dry was scattered around the parking lot to control any leaking gasoline. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation by the Whitman Police Department with the assistance of the Plymouth County Sheriffs Department BCI Unit.
