BOURNE – Three people were injured, two seriously in a rollover crash on the Scenic Highway (Route 6) in Bourne about 6:45 AM Sunday. The crash happened at Herring Pond Road. A Medflight helicopter was requested to land at the former Hoxie School to airlift a victim to an off-Cape trauma center. A second person was transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s Hospital trauma center in New Bedford. The third victim was taken to a local hospital. Bourne Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
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From Bourne Police: At 6:48 AM, Bourne PD and FD were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle crash on Scenic Hwy in the area of the Herring Run Rest Area. When officers arrived, they found two vehicles were involved in a crash at the intersection of Scenic Hwy. & Herring Pond Rd.
The vehicles involved in the crash were a white 2026 GMC Terrain operated by Timothy Malone, 41, of Providence, RI and a tan 2016 Jeep Wrangler operated by Paul Hunnebeck, 61, from Kingston, NY.
The initial investigation found that the GMC Terrain was traveling eastbound on Scenic Hwy and failed to stop for the red light. The GMC Terrain “T-boned” the Jeep Wrangler was traveling westbound and turning left into the Herring Run Rest Area. The force of the impact caused the Jeep to become airborne, roll over once, coming to rest on its wheels.
The operator of the GMC Terrain sustained possible life threatening injuries, and was transported by Medflight to an area trauma hospital. Officers on scene had to apply a tourniquet to his right upper arm to control arterial bleeding. The passenger of the GMC Terrain (44-year-old male from Brockton, MA) was transported by ambulance to another area trauma center for serious but non-life threatening injuries. The operator of the Jeep was transported to a different area hospital for what appeared to be minor non-life threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
