PLYMOUTH – A serious crash caused major delays for traffic headed to Cape Cod from the Boston area Friday afternoon. According to reports, about 5 PM, a vehicle went off the road and overturned ending up in the Eel River at mile marker 10 on Route 3 southbound. The man driving the car died and two children are in the hospital with serious injuries. There were reports of several injuries. A MedFlight helicopter landed at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital to fly the man to a Boston trauma center but he did not survive. Mass State Police are investigating the crash.
From Plymouth Fire: Chief Neil Foley reports that the Plymouth Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon off Route 3 and extricated an adult male from a vehicle that came to rest in the Eel River.
On Friday, May 31, at approximately 4:57 PM, the Plymouth Fire Department was called to Route 3 at the Eel River for a report of a crash.
Companies arrived to find a single vehicle that went off the southbound lanes of the road, over a guardrail, and into the Eel River.
Firefighters had to enter the river and use hydraulic tools to free the driver, a 50-year-old male. The effort took about 20 minutes.
Two juveniles, a 9-year-old male and a 13-year-old female, were also in the vehicle and injured. The juveniles were transported to local hospitals by ambulance. The driver was taken to a Boston trauma center by medical helicopter.
Brewster Ambulance, Plymouth Police and Massachusetts State Police also responded to the scene to assist. The crash is under investigation by Massachusetts State Police.
“I think the efforts of Plymouth Fire personnel, Brewster Ambulance, and Plymouth Police was a true team effort to provide the care that all the patients needed, and that made a difference,” Chief Foley said.
From Mass State Police: Around 5:10 PM on Friday, May 31, 2024, Massachusetts State Police Troopers responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash on Route 3 southbound in Plymouth that resulted in the death of the operator of the vehicle.
Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2015 Nissan Rogue was southbound on Route 3 near the 10.6 mile marker. For reasons still to be determined, the Nissan went off the left side of the roadway and landed on it’s roof in the Eel River. Arriving Troopers and EMS worked quickly to extricate the vehicle’s occupants.
The operator, a 50-year-old Plymouth man, was transported via MedFlight to a Boston medical facility where he was pronounced deceased. Two juvenile passengers in the vehicle; a 13-year-old female, and a 11-year-old male suffered serious injuries in the crash and remain hospitalized.
The left and right travel lanes were closed for nearly three hours. Traffic was able to pass in the breakdown lane, while analysis and cleanup took place. The crash remains under investigation by Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Plymouth County State Police Detective Unit. Troopers were assisted by Plymouth Fire and EMS, Plymouth PD, and MassDOT.
