Overview
- Emergency crews responded around 3 a.m. to Route 151 near Ashumet Road for a single-vehicle crash that ignited a fire.
- First responders found the vehicle engulfed after it apparently struck a tree, and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
- The driver was the only occupant and suffered multiple traumatic injuries, according to the fire department.
- A bystander, identified as David Panora, pulled the driver from the vehicle and moved him to safety before crews arrived.
- The driver was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford with injuries reported as non-life-threatening, and the crash remains under investigation.