Fatal Overnight Highway Accident In Attleboro

Shortly after 02:00 on Monday morning Attleboro "341" dispatched Engine 2, Ladder 1, Rescue 2 & Car 2 to Route 95 Southbound in the area of Exit Three for a motor vehicle accident. Massachusetts State Police arrived and confirmed a patient trapped in a overturned vehicle. Car two arrived and requested two tow trucks to the scene to assist in the extrication as firefighters began to stabilize the vehicle which was hanging over the guard rail. Command special called Engine One with a second set of jaws and North Attleborough Engine Five for additional cribbing, due to the prolonged extrication Medflight was requested however denied due to weather conditions. Over an hour into the incident the patient was extricated and Rescue One was special called to assist in transporting the patient with members of Rescue Two to Rhode Island Trauma Center. The two right lanes were closed for several hours while accident reconstruction processed the scene. The patient who was from Boston died from his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. The majority of the stretch of Route 95 is a straight away however is notorious for accidents some of the major ones are highlighted and listed below.

June 28, 1985         Route 95        Fatal Accident
August 8, 1985         Route 95         Fatal Accident
August 11, 1985        Route 95         Fatal Accident
September 20, 1986     Route 95         Double Fatal Accident
November 13, 1986    Route 95        Fatal Accident
September 18, 1987     Route 95 South        Fatal Accident
December 8, 1987    Route 95        Fatal Accident           
December 12, 1987    Route 95        Fatal Accident
December 14, 1987    Route 95        Fatal Accident
May 4, 1989        Route 95        Fatal Accident
July 29, 1989        Route 95        Fatal Accident
December 7, 1989    Route 95        Double Fatal Accident
January 1, 1992        Route 95        Fatal Accident   
July 2, 1994        Route 95        Fatal Accident
September 15, 1996    Route 95        Fatal Accident
October 21, 1996    Route 95        Fatal Accident
May 8, 1997         Route 95        Double Fatal Accident
May 31, 1997        Route 95        Fatal Accident
November 14, 1999    Route 95        Fatal Accident   
March 6, 2003        Route 95 South        100 Car Accident In Heavy Snow
June 22, 2004        Route 95 North         Serious Rollover
August 5, 2004        Route 95 North Near Exit 3 Serious Rollover
April 8, 2005        Route 95 South Near Exit 2    Fatal Rollover
December 3, 2005    Route 95 North Near Exit 5 Rollover With Ejection
December 7, 2005     Route 95 North Near Exit 2 Serious Rollover
April 23, 2006         Route 95 North Near Exit 2 Rollover With Entrapment
June 4, 2006        Route 95        Fatal Accident
June 22, 2006         Route 95 North        Serious Rollover
August 23, 2006        Route 95 North Near Exit 3 Rollover With Entrapment
October 22, 2006    Route 95 North Near Exit 2 Rollover with Ejection
January 8, 2007        Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Rollover Into water With Ejection
May 28, 2007        Route 95 South Near Exit 3 Fatal Rollover with Ejection
July 21, 2007         Route 95 North Near Exit 4 Double Fatal Accident
October 14, 2007    Route 95 South Near Exit 2 Rollover With Ejection
October 31, 2007    Route 95 North Near Exit 4 Double Fatal Rollover With Fire
February 22, 2008    Route 95        Fatal Accident
March 27, 2008        Route 95        Fatal Accident
September 1, 2008    Route 95 South Near Exit 2 Fatal Rollover with Ejection
September 13, 2008    Route 95        Fatal Accident
November 6, 2008    Route 95 South Near Exit 2 Overturned Tanker & Jet Fuel Spill
December 7, 2008    Route 95 North Near Exit 3 Fatal Accident
February 4, 2009    Route 95 South        Fatal Accident
April 17, 2009        Route 95        Rollover with Entrapment
June 20, 2009        Route 95 North Near Exit 2    Double Fatal Rollover
July 4, 2009        Route 95 North Near Exit 4 Triple Fatal Rollover
November 21, 2009    Route 95 South Near Exit 2 Rollover With Entrapment
March 5, 2010        Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Overturned Tractor Trailer
May 6, 2010        Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Overturned Tractor Trailer
June 19, 2010        Route 95 North Near Exit 2 Rollover With Entrapment
September 29, 2010     Route 95 North Near Exit 3 Rollover With Ejection
October 5, 2010        Route 95 South Near Exit 3    Serious Accident
October 10, 2010     Route 95 South Near Exit 3 Pedestrian Struck
November 24, 2010     Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Overturned Tractor Trailer
January 6, 2011        Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Overturned Tractor Trailer
February 10, 2011    Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Rollover With Ejection
February 12, 2011    Route 95 South Near Exit 3 Fatal Accident
February 14, 2011    Route 95 South Near Exit 4 Overturned Tractor Trailer
March 19, 2011        Route 95 South Near Exit 2 Motorcycle Accident