Photo and video by Jake O’Callaghan/CWN
DENNIS PORT – At approximately 4:43 PM Saturday, the Dennis Police Department responded to 9-1-1 calls reporting a single-vehicle crash at 711 Route 28 (Rite Aid Pharmacy), Dennis Port.
When officer’s arrived at the scene they discovered that a 2001 Ford F-350 pickup truck had left the south side of Route 28, struck a utility pole and then struck the Rite Aid store sign. Officers also discovered the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Patrick Vaillancourt, 26, of Harwich, had been partially ejected from the driver’s side area of the vehicle. Vaillancourt was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle passenger, a 36-year-old male from Chatham, was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening injuries.
An initial investigation revealed that the vehicle was traveling east on Route 28, left the south side of the roadway, struck the utility pole then struck the store sign, where it then came to rest.
The crash is being investigated by Officer Sean Martin of the Dennis Police Department, members of the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council’s Accident Reconstruction Unit, and a Criminal Investigations Officer from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office.
Photos by Kevin Morley/CWN
