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Accident leads to up-Island power outages
Up-Island police responded to two accidents overnight on Thursday evening, one that cut power in multiple towns. In West Tisbury, police responded to a single motor-vehicle accident on State Road close to midnight. Chief Matt Mincone said that the driver — 23-year-old Isabelle Cole from Chelmsford — crashed into a utility pole. A witness told police that the vehicle had flipped over and was smoking from one of the tires.
Power Restored After Late Night West Tisbury Crash
A Chelmsford woman allegedly crashed a SUV into a utility pole by the State Road gas station in West Tisbury early Friday morning, knocking out power for nearby homes for a brief period. Isabelle Cole, 23, was driving the Toyota RAV4 that struck the pole around 1 a.m., according West...
Car Crashes Into Oak Bluffs Home
A person was taken into police custody early Friday morning after a car ran into a home on Samoset avenue in Oak Bluffs. Firefighters responded to the corner of Kennebec avenue and Samoset avenue at 12:44 a.m. for a report of a Dodge Charger hitting a house, Oak Bluffs deputy fire Chief Stephen Foster said. There was no one in the home at the time.
Several ambulances called to crash in Falmouth
FALMOUTH – Four ambulances were called to a traffic crash in Sandwich sometime after 10 PM Friday. The collision happened on Nathan Ellis Highway (Route 151) at Sandwich Road. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. The cause of the crash is under investigation by Falmouth Police.
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