New details: One person seriously injured in Sandwich crash involving cement mixer

SANDWICH – One person was seriously injured in a collision between a cement mixer and a car in Sandwich sometime after 10:30 AM Thursday. The crash happened on Route 6A at Tupper Road. The victim was transported to an off Cape trauma center. Sandwich Police called for crash construction and the Mass State Police Truck team to investigate the cause of the collision.

Sandwich Police report that on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at approximately 10:44 AM, they responded to Route 6A near the intersection of Tupper Road for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a cement truck. Upon arrival, officers found that a Mack cement pump truck and Volvo XC70 had been involved in the crash. Sandwich Police assisted members of the Sandwich Fire Department with extricating the operator of the Volvo from the vehicle. The operator of the Volvo, a 77-year-old male from South Dennis, was transported to Beth Israel Plymouth with what was believed to be serious, but not life-threatening injuries. The cement truck operator, a 60-year-old male from Sandwich, was not injured.

Upon investigating the crash, Sandwich Police determined that the cement truck had been traveling west on Route 6A when the operator of the Volvo attempted to cross over Route 6A from Main Street onto Tupper Road. The cement truck did not have time to stop and crashed into the front passenger corner of the Volvo. The Volvo and cement truck were both seriously damaged in the crash. The operator of the Volvo was cited for failing to grant the right of way at an intersection.

The Sandwich Police were assisted in the investigation by members of the Massachusetts State Police Commercial Vehicle Unit and Barnstable County Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Scene Unit.



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