Crime & Safety

3 Taken To Hospital After Cape Cod Crash

The crash between a moving truck and a car involved entrapment, local fire officials said.

CENTERVILLE, MA — Three people were injured in a Monday morning crash on Cape Cod, local fire officials said.

Around 8:49 a.m., the Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills (C.O.MM) Fire Department responded to the area of Great Hill Drive and Oak Street for a reported two-car motor vehicle crash with entrapment.

Upon arrival, crews found a commercial moving truck with three occupants on board that had collided with a passenger car containing a single occupant who was trapped inside, officials said.

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Firefighters initiated extrication efforts using hydraulic cutting tools and successfully removed the patient from the vehicle.

A MedFlight helicopter was requested, but the patient was ultimately transported as a trauma alert by ground ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital. Two of the occupants of the moving truck were also transported with minor injuries, while a third person refused treatment at the scene.

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Mutual aid ambulances from Hyannis and Barnstable Fire Departments responded to assist, along with support from the Barnstable Police Department.

The crash remains under investigation.

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