Single-Car Crash Downs Wires, Driver Charged On Cape Cod

BOURNE, MA — An 18-year-old faces operating under the influence charges after crashing their car into a utility pole early Tuesday morning, police on Cape Cod said.

Around midnight, officers from the Bourne Police Department responded to the intersection of Clay Pond Road and Valley Bars Road for a report of a motor vehicle crash. Officers arrived on the scene and observed that a utility pole had been struck and was down in the middle of Clay Pond Road with wires lying across Clay Pond and Valley Bars Road.

The operator and single occupant of the vehicle, a blue 2011 Subaru Legacy, was identified as 18-year-old Mark Greene. There were no injuries sustained from the crash.

Greene was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of liquor and drugs, as well as negligent operation, a marked lanes violation and speeding.