Ambulance, 2-Vehicles Crash On Route 151 In Falmouth: Report

FALMOUTH, MA — Parts of Route 151 were closed to traffic for several hours Friday after a three-vehicle crash involving an ambulance. Falmouth police reported at around 5:30 p.m. that the state roadway was closed between Boxberry Hill Road and Ranch Road near the Frances Crane Wildlife area. Four people – including two Mashpee paramedics and a patient in their ambulance – were injured and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to police, the Mashpee Fire Rescue ambulance was traveling west with its emergency lights and siren on. Vehicles were pulling over to allow the ambulance to get through traffic. While this was occurring, a Toyota Camry traveling east, crossed over the centerline and struck the ambulance, according to police. The ambulance then veered off to the left and struck a Jeep Grand Cherokee head-on before stopping on the driver's side of the ambulance.

The crash remains under investigation.

Falmouth police were assisted at the scene by Mashpee police, Barnstable County Sheriffs, Falmouth, Mashpee, Borne, Sandwich, and Cotuti/Osterville/Marston Mills firefighters.

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