FALMOUTH – A woman was seriously injured after reportedly being struck by a car in Falmouth shortly after 6 PM Wednesday. The incident happened at a Condo complex off Woods Hole Road. The victim was reportedly partially pinned by the vehicle and firefighters had to use airbags to lift the vehicle off the woman who was then taken to Falmouth Hospital to meet a MedFlight helicopter to be flown to a trauma center. Falmouth Police are investigating the incident.
Falmouth Fire-Rescue reports that shortly after 6 pm Wednesday evening, Ambulance 36, Rescue 31, Car 28 and Car 12 responded to a report of a person trapped under a motor vehicle in a condominium development off of Woods Hole Road. First arriving crews found a victim with lower extremities pinned under a motor vehicle. Rescue 31 crew members deployed specially designed air bags to lift the motor vehicle off the victim. Ambulance 36 transported the victim to the Falmouth Hospital Helipad for Life Flight transfer to a Boston area trauma center for treatment of serious injuries. The incident remains under investigation by the Falmouth Police Department.
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