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Truck Driver Requires Extrication After Crashing into Pole in Waltham
April 16, 2021 | MASSACHUSETTS
PETER LOBO, Correspondent

Photo by PETER LOBO

Photo by PETER LOBO

Photo by PETER LOBO

Photo by PETER LOBO

Photo by PETER LOBO
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
WALTHAM, MA - On a spring day in Waltham that brought snow to the area on April 16th, a truck from Rhode Island slammed into a utility pole on Totten Pond Road, near the Lexington Street intersection. Waltham Engine 2, Rescue 1 and Medic 1 responded. Rescue 1 signed off with a truck into a pole with a man conscious, but pinned inside. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to extricate the driver using the Jaws of Life and brute strength. He was transported to Lahey Hospital in Burlington with unknown injuries. The passenger in the truck was uninjured.