COHASSET — Cohasset Police and Fire Department, along with a mutual aid ambulance from Scituate, responded to a reported crash involving a vehicle on its side with a person trapped inside at the intersection of Route 3A and Beechwood Street, today at about 1:20 PM.
First arriving officers found a 2021 Subaru resting on its side in the intersection with a 73-year-old male from Cohasset trapped inside. Firefighter paramedics from the Cohasset Fire Department arrived and began extrication efforts, along with paramedics from the Scituate Fire Department.
Multiple witnesses on scene reported that the male in the Subaru went through a solid red light while traveling south on Route 3A. He clipped a UPS truck and 2016 Honda that were crossing the intersection both East and West on Beechwood Street, causing the Subaru to flip onto its side.
Once freed from the wreck the driver of the Subaru refused medical treatment. He was issued a criminal summons for negligent operation of a motor vehicle. The driver of the Honda, a 62-year-old female from Cohasset sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital. The UPS driver was uninjured. Traffic on 3A was impacted for about 1-hour while the scene was cleared.
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