BOURNE, MA- Spectacular Four-car Collision Closes Sagamore Bridge onto Cape Cod

BOURNE — .Four cars collided on the Sagamore Bridge shortly before 3 p.m. Friday, closing the bridge and producing a 16-mile backup on Route 3 to Cape Cod.

The bridge, at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, was closed for one hour and 10 minutes at the peak of holiday traffic to and from the Cape. It is one of only two bridges that span the canal.

The crash in the Cape-bound lanes caused one car to roll over and land upside down, partially elevated off the pavement. One person was trapped inside when the vehicle came to rest against the bridges concrete side wall, said Bourne fire Lt. Martin Greene.

Three people were taken to local hospitals James and Lily Ng of Brighton were taken to Cape Cod Hospital in Barnstable and Stephen Woodman of Brookline was taken to Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. Their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, Greene said, but they clearly needed to be seen for further medical evaluation.

All were reported in stable condition Friday evening.

All four traffic lanes on the bridge were closed after the crash. The four cars involved were each pointed in different directions when police and fire fighters arrived at the scene.

Bourne police, State Police and Bourne and Sandwich firefighters had to stabilize the position of one of the cars so Bourne firefighters could go beneath it to rescue one of the people injured.

It was definitely an interesting situation, Greene said.

The accident made an already slow drive onto the Cape much worse. Before the crash, traffic headed for the Cape was backed up for 5 miles on Route 3 southbound, which State Police said was normal for a summer holiday weekend.

Within a short time, Green said, all the side roads in Bourne and Plymouth that people use to get around the regular weekend traffic jams were clogged with cars.

At 5 p.m., State Police said Route 3 was backed up from the Sagamore Bridge to the Route 44 exit in Plymouth, a distance of 16 miles.

More people would already have traveled onto the Cape by the time of the crash, but Thursdays heavy rains meant many families postponed their travels until Friday.

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[jumpa01]

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