Update: Woman hospitalized in accident, minor driving without license

Tanner Harding
Aug 23, 2016
A tow truck lifts one of the vehicles onto the bed of its truck. BY TANNER HARDING

A Wareham woman was seriously injured in a three-car crash at the intersection of Route 6 and Point Road shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday. Marion Police say a 16-year-old driving without a license was also involved in the crash. The cause remains under investigation.

Police identified the injured woman as 24-year-old Brooke Benson. She was airlifted to Tufts Medical Center following the crash. Police said firefighters had to extricate Benson from her Hyundai Elantra, the front end of which was badly damaged, before transporting her to Tobey Hospital, where a Boston MedFlight medical helicopter waited.

The minor, whose name is not being released, was driving a Mercury Mountaineer with only a learner's permit. He did not have anyone else in the vehicle with him and was driving the family car without permission, according to police.

He will be summonsed to court for unlicensed operation and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He reportedly declined treatment at the scene.

The male driver of the third vehicle, a GMC Sierra truck, has been identified as 24-year-old Christopher Nye of Marion. He was not injured in the accident.

Wareham Police provided additional assistance at the scene.

 

A tow truck lifts one of the vehicles onto the bed of its truck. BY TANNER HARDING
Rescue crews work to clean up after the accident. BY TANNER HARDING
This car sustained damage to its bumper BY TANNER HARDING
The three cars involved in the accident. BY TANNER HARDING
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