In the late afternoon of Sunday, November 2nd, the
driver of a black 2008 Toyota Camry barreling down Old Colony Road of Norton coming
off of Pleasant Street in Attleboro lost control over her steering wheel and crashed
her car completely through a power pole, taking out the bottom half of it, and
rolled into the front lawn area of a local car wash facility, which lead to a
major blackout that covered the majority of facilities in the area.
As the scene unfolded, Christine Davis, a local of Norton
and an employee of a Dunkin Donuts affected by the blackout, stated how show
saw the entirety of the event, being able to see it “right through the large
glass windows of our store”. “I was taking care of front counter when I saw the
car crash, and watched as everyone in the store turned their heads towards
where the crash came from.” Christine said, still a little in shock over the
car crash. “Next thing I knew, my co-workers, the customers, and I all ran out of
Dunkin Donuts running just to see what was going on.”
Dave Blauder, owner of the “Cozy: Beer and Wine Cordials” liquor
store across from the local car wash, only heard the crash when he was going to
restock the shelves before running out of the store to see what happened. Dave
told us that he heard “a huge crash that seemed to shake the bottles of wine
right off the shelves.” While Dave’s wine bottles didn’t actually fall off the
shelves, he was still left with a temporary closing of hos store, due to the
blackout that happened. “With a crash like that being cleaned up, I don’t know
how anybody in this area could keep their business running.” Dave stated.
“From the way the victim was acting after we got her out of
the vehicle, I could tell she was on some type of drug” said Thomas Petersen
Jr., Detective Lieutenant of the Norton Police Department. Thomas showed up
only seconds after the accident happened, as he was already heading down Old
Colony Road to make a stop at the Attleboro Police Department. After helping the
victim into the ambulance and setting up a road block to cover Old Colony Road,
he proceeded to go through the various facilities affected by the black out,
and helped keep calm of the people while more police officers came to help
roadblock the street. When asked by an employee at Dunkin Donuts how bad the
situation was, Thomas stated how “The blackout, may last a few more hours, however
it shouldn’t be too big of an issue. The main concerns right now are making
sure that not only the victim is alright, but also figure out what to do with
the power pole, since the car took out the bottom half of it.”
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