05/12/2015 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1815 hours on the evening of Tuesday, May 12, 2015 the Whitman Fire Department received several 9-1-1 calls reporting a serious motor vehicle accident in the area of 999 Bedford Street (Route-18). Ambulance-247, Engine-1 and Car-3 responded. Companies arrived to find a single vehicle accident with a car into a tree. Ambulance-247 reported that there was entrapment and the victim was in traumatic arrest. Lieutenant Robert Hover requested the box struck for manpower, and that Rescue-1 respond with the jaws. Rescue-1 arrived and several tools were utilized to assist in extricating the patient. Chief Timothy Grenno requested a mutual aid engine to the scene with the jaws. Abington Engine-3 responded and went to work. Boston MedFlight was requested to a landing zone at Strawberry Valley Golf Course in Abington, but was cancelled as the patients condition deteriorated. Several off-duty firefighters responded to the scene and assisted with extrication and resuscitation efforts. Once the patient was extricated, they were transported to the Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, where the victim succumbed to their injuries. Route-18 was closed to traffic for several hours, while the Whitman Police, Plymouth County Sheriffs Department and the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Team conducted their investigation of the crash. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
