Car Crashes Into Another Car, Then a Dump Truck, in Belmont

The following is a news release from the Belmont Police Department:

A multi vehicle collision closed a portion of Shoreway Road today. One driver, whose vehicle left the roadway, was transported to an area hospital.

On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at approximately 12:00 Noon, Belmont Police and Fire units responded to a traffic collision in the 1100 block of Shoreway Rd. Upon arrival, responders found that a Honda sedan, which had exited the driveway of an adjacent motel, collided with another Honda sedan that was traveling southbound on Shoreway Rd. The southbound Honda was knocked off the roadway, through a chain link fence. The Honda from the motel then collided with a dump truck, which was traveling northbound on Shoreway Rd.

The driver of the Honda, which left the roadway, was treated at the scene by Belmont Fire Department paramedics and was transported to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries. The drivers of the other Honda and the dump truck were not injured.

A portion of Shoreway Rd was closed for approximately 90 minutes while the Honda that had left the roadway and the dump truck were towed and a minor fluid spill from the dump truck was cleaned up. The cause of the collision is under investigation.