West Barnstable Fire Department gets ready for spring
Barbara Clark
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Early spring brings increased activity in and around the village of West Barnstable, including several happenings in the Fire District, so on a recent Thursday morning, this reporter pulled up in front of the West Barnstable Fire Station on Route 149 to hear more about what’s new, including one weighty, 5-ton addition.
West Barnstable Fire Chief Joseph Maruca extended a welcome and offered a close-up look at the new addition to the department’s fleet of fire and rescue vehicles. We headed through the apparatus bay, passing through a tall canyon of red and silver vehicles parked close in the space, while firefighter Luke Walsh eased the new truck outside into the driveway to afford a better look.
WEST BARNSTABLE The West Barnstable Fire Department, Massachusetts DOT and Massachusetts State Police were called to the scene of a three-vehicle crash on Route 6 Tuesday morning.
A call came in at 8:33 a.m. for an accident involving a pickup truck, a small sedan and a tractor-trailer pulling a load of stone, according to West Barnstable Fire Department Capt. William Murray.
Stone was strewn across both lanes of Route 6 eastbound.
Rescue personnel brought one person with minor injuries to Cape Cod Hospital. The driver of the semi-truck was not transported.
The crash happened just east of Exit 5 on Route 6. Eastbound traffic was diverted off the highway exit onto Route 149.