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Norwood Accident

Friday, February 1, 2013

UPDATE: Three-Car Accident on Rte. 1 Caused by Failure to Stop at Light

A three car accident at Dean Street and Boston-Providence Highway around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday was caused by a vehicle's failure to stop for a red light.

According to Norwood Police, the accident was caused when a vehicle traveling on Rte. 1 failed to stop for a red light and struck a car driving through the intersection. The collision caused the second vehicle to strike a third car. The operator in the first car that failed to stop for the light was cited. There did not appear to be any serious injuries. Original Story Norwood Patch has received reports of a three car accident at Dean Street and Boston-Providence Highway around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Reports indicate there was entrapment of one victim, and that emergency crews used the jaws of life to extricate them. Two patients were transported from the scene to Norwood Hospital. Norwood Patch will update this story as more information …

Friday, March 9, 2012

UPDATE: Two Struck by Car in Downtown Norwood, Seriously Injured

A man and a woman were taken to a Boston Hospital after being struck by a car on Washington St. last night.

UPDATE, 10:13 a.m.  The Norwood Fire department received the call for a pedestrian accident at 11:11 p.m. Thursday night, Norwood Fire spokesman George Morrice said in an email Friday morning. Norwood Fire units and paramedics arrived on scene to find two parties in Washington St. with serious injuries having been struck by a moving vehicle. "Norwood Fire Department Paramedics from NA-3 treated the first patient, a girl in her early 20's, for significant head and lower extremity trauma," Morrice said. "The patient was unconcious and unresponsive while being treated by EMS crews. A NFD paramedic riding on E-4 worked with the BLS [Basic Life Support] ambulance crew to provide advanced life support to the second patient, a male in his late …

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