Police & Fire

From the Metrowest Daily News: (A Woonsocket, R.I., man) was arrested in Westford after State Police chased his gray pickup truck from Southborough to Westford, almost 28 miles. (full article) Read the full article → from Chase on I-495 began in Southborough

I didn’t get around to posting the fire logs last week, so it’s double the fun this week. Enjoy. Monday 5/4/09 13:54 Vehicle injury accident with injuries, Turnpike Road (more) Sunday 5/3/09 02:11 Vehicle injury accident with injuries, Fischer Road 02:52 EMS call, Fischer Road Saturday 5/2/09 11:20 Vehicle injury accident with injuries, Route 495 Read the full article → from Fire logs for the week(s)

A Southborough resident suffered serious injuries when the car he was driving struck several trees and rolled over on Saturday night. The accident happened shortly after 10:00 pm near the intersection of Woodland Road and Bay Path Lane (map). It took Southborough Fire and EMS personnel 30 minutes using the jaws of life to free Read the full article → from Serious accident on Woodland Road

A My Southborough reader sent in photos of some action on Orchard Road this weekend: Someone visiting my neighbor today was backing out of their driveway and missed the paved part and went off a small stone wall and was suspended in the air. The police and fire departments were called along with a tow Read the full article → from Car misses driveway on Orchard Road

If the latest fire logs are any indication, it’s a popular time for Southborough residents to clean up their yards and burn brush. Ideally, brush burning doesn’t land you a visit by the fire department, but for a number of residents this week it did. Brush burning season ends April 30, so plan accordingly. You’ll Read the full article → from Fire logs for the week

Passing along a couple of items from the Fire Department website: Accident closes Framingham Road A 19 year-old Marlborough man was injured when his car rolled over and crashed into a utility pole on Framingham Road on at 10:55 PM on April 17. The crash occurred near Maplecrest Drive. Arriving rescue personnel found the driver Read the full article → from Accident on Framingham Road, pool house fire

The fire logs for the week are posted below. And courtesy of Wicked Local Southborough (aka, The Southborough Villager) we also have police logs for weeks of April 1, March 25, March 18, and March 11. Monday 4/13/09 02:41 EMS call Main Street 11:07 EMS call Clemmons Street 14:10 EMS call Moulton Road 14:43 EMS Read the full article → from Fire and police logs

Here’s one you don’t see everyday. A car accidentally backed into the child care center at Southboro Medical yesterday morning. Thankfully no one was in the center at the time, and no one, including the driver, was injured. A couple of the plate glass windows at the front of the building were broken, but there Read the full article → from Car backs into Southboro Medical

Lightning strikes, car accidents, and malice (yes, malice) are all featured in this week’s log. Monday 4/6/09 13:52 EMS call Newton Street 15:31 EMS call Newton Street 16:24 Electrical wiring problem Turnpike Road 19:25 Vehicle accident with injuries Turnpike Road 21:48 Mobile property or vehicle fire Parmenter Road and Pine Hill Road Sunday 4/5/09 06:59 Read the full article → from Fire department logs

Photos from Monday’s single-car accident that closed both directions of Route 9 for several hours are posted on the Southborough Fire Department’s website. The accident brought power lines down across all lanes of the highway. One pole with a transformer caused some damage when it fell onto a building. The driver of the car was Read the full article → from More photos from Monday’s accident on Route 9, plus a forklift fire

Around 7:25 pm last night, a vehicle going westbound on Route 9 struck a utility pole at the entrance of 257/259 Turnpike Road (the Deerfoot Office Park). The force of the impact split the pole in two. When the pole fell, it brought down a pole it was connected to on the other side of Read the full article → from More details on last night’s Route 9 accident

When it rains it pours. At least that was the case for the Southborough Fire Department last week – both literally and figuratively. The wild weather that rolled through on Friday led to calls for two apparent lightning strikes. Those calls, along with a couple other incidents, made for a busy week. Lightning strikes The Read the full article → from Lightning strikes twice in Southborough