10/09/2018 - ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 2200 hours on the evening of Tuesday, October 9, 2018 the Abington and Rockland fire departments were alerted to a reported motor vehicle accident at the intersection of West Water and Central Streets, near the town-line. Both departments arrived to find a single vehicle accident with one victim who was heavily entrapped in the vehicle. Both departments used hydraulic cutters, spreaders and rams to help free the victim. Both departments struck boxes for recall to assist with the extrication. Crews removed the roof to gain better access to the victim, but the patient appeared to be trapped under the dashboard of the vehicle. Crews worked feverishly for approximately a half hour to get the reportedly conscious and alert victim freed. Once the victim was extricated, the Rockland ambulance transported the single occupant to the South Shore Hospital. The Rockland and Abington police departments were on-scene investigating the cause of the accident, along with the Plymouth County Sheriffs Department BCI Unit.
