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YARMOUTH – An overturned vehicle that caught fire has shutdown Highbank Road in Yarmouth. The incident happened about 1:15 PM Tuesday. The emergency situation necessitated a power cut to 590 Eversource customers in the area. Most of that power was restored a short time later. Yarmouth Police confirmed that Yarmouth Police and Yarmouth Fire are working the scene of a serious vehicle crash on Highbank Road between Great Western Road and Coveview Drive. Highbank Road will be closed for several hours. Please avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
From Yarmouth Police: Yarmouth Police are investigating a single vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a South Yarmouth man.
At approximately 1:17 PM, Yarmouth Police Department dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting a single car crash on Highbank Road in the area of Coveview Drive. Responding officers arrived to find the vehicle overturned in the wood line engulfed in flames. Officers attempted to render aid to the operator, who was still inside the vehicle, but were unable to extinguish the fire.
Yarmouth Fire Department crews arrived moments later and took over suppression efforts. Despite the efforts of the first responders, the 21-year-old operator and sole occupant of the vehicle succumbed to his injuries. The name of the operator is being withheld.
Three Yarmouth Police Officers were sent to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.
The crash remains under investigation by the Yarmouth Police Department and the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council Crash Reconstruction Unit. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 508-775-0445.
The Yarmouth Police ask the community to keep the family of the victim, their loved ones, and responding first responders in their thoughts during this difficult time.
Update 12/12/25: The family identified the victim as Rafael Joseph Rivera Calle. A gofundme has been set up.
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