Single-car crash damages sign on Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley MA
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TrafficA single-car crash was reported on Great Plain Avenue involving an elderly female driver. Officers found a damaged yield sign at the second rotary toward Needham, but no vehicle was located. It appears the vehicle involved left the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Wellesley Police and Fire, AreaWide3, Metro Fire
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04:10
Transcript:
00:00
Ma'am, could you start toward the area Great Plain Ave? We've got a couple calls reporting, but we believe to be a single car crash involving an elderly female.
00:09
The reports were Great Plain Ave passed the rotary heading towards the RDF.
00:14
We see Great Plain Ave past the rotary en route.
00:20
Walsby controlled 1404.
00:28
Wolsey 4208 to Wolsey control.
00:32
208.
00:34
I can start that way from Wellesley out of Brook Street.
00:40
Received.
00:43
Okay told 1408.
00:51
Go ahead, GPS.
00:56
Receive, sir, I will cancel 14.15.
00:58
14.04 is en route from the station.
01:00
Welles and control to 1415.
01:05
Wells Laev at Great Plains.
01:11
Receive, why don't you just continue in? 1404 is also in route.
01:20
Receive, you want me to continue?
01:25
The affirmative here right there might as well continue for now.
01:29
Places.
01:37
Walsley 14-15 and Walsway control.
01:40
15. 15.
01:43
In the area, you have a Great Plain Ave and the RDF.
01:46
Do you have a plate in a vehicle?
01:51
On negative, all we had was that it was a white or light colored sedan with an elderly female operator.
01:57
None of the callers could provide a plate or exact location.
02:01
Uh-huh. Where is that?
02:10
12-08 to LLZ1415.
02:16
12 grade point out.
02:19
Nothing's showing from GPA down to the need of mine.
02:24
I have nothing from Great Plain Ave to Seaver.
02:34
Wellesley 1415 and Wellesley Control.
02:38
14.
02:41
The surrounding areas have been checked.
02:43
There is no vehicle that has been involved in a crash.
02:46
Both units will be clear.
02:50
If you couldn't just check,
02:52
one of the callers that I had gotten, we got three calls for this.
02:55
She stated that it looks like the elderly female struck a sign at one of the rotaries.
03:01
Specifically, she said it was the second rotary going towards, uh,
03:07
I'm sorry, she said it was the second rotary and she just, I just want to make sure there's no damage to the sign there.
03:22
Wellesley 1415 and Walsley Control.
03:27
1450.
03:28
I did find the sign.
03:30
There is no car.
03:31
It seems as though that vehicle took off.
03:33
The sign is at the second rotary heading towards Needham.
03:37
It is a white yield sign.
03:40
I'll update momentarily.
03:50
Welsie 1412.
03:51
Walsy control?
03:55
1415. The sign that's down is at the second rotary heading towards Needham.
04:01
It's a white sign and it is on Great Plain Ave.
04:06
If you could send somebody down to either pick it up or put it back.
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Great Plain Ave, Wellesley, MA
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