Crime & Safety
Serious Accident Causes Part of Route 123 to be Closed
Elderly driver transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
*UPDATE* 4:41 p.m.: West Main Street has been opened. The driver was pronounced dead at Sturdy Memorial Hospital. For more information, click here.
An elderly driver hit a town plowing truck head on Tuesday afternoon, causing the section of Route 123 near St. Mary's Church to be closed off.
State Police are currently piecing together what happened. Norton Police Lieutenant Todd Jackson said that the road will be opened after they are finished. He estimates this to be around one hour. In the meantime, traffic is being detoured down Power Street to S. Worcester Street back to Route 123.
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The elderly driver was transported to Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
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