A 76-year-old man from North Port, Florida was seriously injured in an accident on Route 24 North on Sunday morning (July 11 at about 9:30 am). The senior driver was operating a blue 2002 Buick when he struck the back of a disabled box truck on Route 24, north of Route 104 near Bridgewater, Mass.
The accident involved a “serious personal injury” in the northbound lanes of Route 24, just before Exit 16a (Rt. 106 in Bridgewater), police said.
The driver suffered serious injuries and was transported to a hospital by a medical helicopter. His name was not immediately released to the public.
The truck involved in the crash was a 1999 International 4700 owned by SJA Transport of Taunton.
There were no other reported injuries and no charges have yet been filed in the crash, police said.
To see the Taunton Gazette story covering this accident, please click here.
