FALMOUTH – A vehicle struck a house in Falmouth shortly after 2:30 AM Sunday. The incident happened at 780 East Falmouth Highway (Route 28) at Central Avenue. The driver of the Volkswagen Tiguan was not injured and the people living at the house also escaped injury. The house suffered significant damage and a building inspector was called to evaluate it. Falmouth Police are investigating the incident.
Falmouth Fire-Rescue reports that At 2:35 AM Sunday, the Falmouth Fire Rescue Department responded to 780 East Falmouth Highway for a motor vehicle crash into a structure. An engine & ambulance were dispatched. The first arriving units found a mid-sized SUV in the kitchen of a single-family cape-style home. With full intrusion into the structure, there was significant damage to the vehicle and home, including an active water leak, electrical hazards, and structural compromise.
The sole occupant of the vehicle self-extricated prior to the arrival of fire rescue personnel. The driver was transported to Falmouth Hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries. All occupants of the residence were evacuated from the structure with household pets, and no injuries were sustained. Electricity, natural gas, and water were secured. Additional resources were dispatched to the scene, including our rescue ladder, the Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team, and Falmouth Inspectional Services.
In preparation for the removal of the vehicle, the tech team shored the damaged floor joists from the basement while Falmouth crews cleared structural members from around the vehicle where it entered the exterior wall. Utilities were further shut down by respective utility companies. The vehicle was successfully removed from the building by Costas Auto Body at 5:38 AM.
The house is unhabitable, and town inspectional services are working with the owners. The Falmouth Police were on scene throughout the incident and are investigating the crash. We thank all entities involved, including the Providence Canteen, for their assistance.
Falmouth Police report that On July 7, 2024 at 2:35 AM, the Falmouth Police and the Falmouth Fire Rescue Department responded to a 780 East Falmouth Hwy, for the report of a vehicle that had crashed into the residence. Upon officer’s arrival, they found that the vehicle had penetrated fully into the kitchen of the residence. The occupants of the home were uninjured. The male operator, 21, of Falmouth sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital by Falmouth Fire Rescue Department.
As a result of the crash investigation, the vehicle operator was charged and will be summoned to Falmouth District Court for the following charges: OUI (Liquor), Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, Stop Sign Violation, Speeding, Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Leaving the Scene of Property Damage.
This property was also the site of a fatal crash which took the life of the vehicle operator in August of 2021.
We would like to extend a thank you and a job well done to our public safety and municipal partners, Falmouth Fire Rescue Department, The Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office and the Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team, as well as Falmouth Inspectional Services.
Photos by David Curran/Satellite News Service/CWN
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A Wareham man was killed after his vehicle struck the same house on August 1st, 2021 (click to read fill story).
