Updated: Pedestrian backed into by dump truck in Falmouth may have been distracted by cellphone

David Curran/Satellite News Service (used with permission)

FALMOUTH – A pedestrian was seriously injured after reportedly being struck by a car. The incident happened about 10:30 AM Wednesday off Teaticket Highway (Route 28). The female victim was transported to Falmouth Hospital with leg trauma. A MedFlight helicopter was called but was unable to fly due to weather conditions so the victim was taken by ambulance to St. Lukes Hospital trauma center in New Bedford. The cause of the collision is under investigation by Falmouth Police.

In a statement, Falmouth Police tell Cape Wide News that at approximately 10:34 AM, a woman was struck by a dump truck in the parking lot outside of the Express Mart on Alphonse St, in Falmouth. The dump truck was backing up and struck the woman who was standing behind it. The preliminary investigation indicates that the truck’s backup warning was operating properly, and that the woman may have been distracted on her cell phone. The woman was transported to a nearby hospital for what appear to be serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The incident remains under investigation by the Falmouth Police Department.



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