Crime & Safety

Falmouth Woman Seriously Hurt, Power Knocked Out in Crash

Police said her vehicle snapped a utility pole on Hatchville Road Saturday afternoon.

A 23-year-old Falmouth woman was seriously hurt in a crash on Hatchville Road Saturday afternoon.

She was driving a silver Toyota Sienna when she veered off the road and struck a utility pole, snapping it in half. It knocked out power to some Eversource customers in the immediate area.

The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, was transported by a medical helicopter to a Boston hospital.

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While paramedics were extricating the woman from her vehicle, the utility pole fell on the road. That section of Hatchville Road was closed so crews could repair the pole.

If you lost power, you review Eversource’s live outage map for updates.

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