Updated: Man injured in industrial accident in Barnstable

BARNSTABLE – A man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after an industrial accident in Barnstable late Friday morning. Rescuers rushed to Tirrell Radiator on Thornton Drive where a vehicle apparently rolled backwards off of a flatbed wrecker striking a worker and a gas meter. The victim’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. National Grid was called to check the gas meter that was struck. The incident is under investigation.
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