At 11:20PM on Wednesday Night March 7th Waltham 911 dispatch received a call for a single motor vehicle accident vs Telephone Pole In front of 70 Third Avenue (The Westin Hotel) with wires down. Police, C-2, Engine 2 & AMR Medic 1 were dispatched. Engine 2 arrived on scene and reported a single vehicle accident with two telephone poles down with live wires on the ground and across the car with no power in the area. Nstar was quickly requested to the scene to expedite there response. C-2 arrived on scene and reported they had live wires down and they were unable to reach the victim with live wires down.
While this was happening 911 Dispatch received a call for a person stuck in the elevator at the Westin Hotel. Rescue 6 & Ladder Tower 1 were dispatched. C-2 soon requested the availability of Med Flight in case the injuries were serious. An additional AMR ALS unit was requested to the scene. Nstar soon arrived on scene and killed the power. Rescue 6 was requested by command with lights due to no power. Ladder Tower 1 Extricated the party from the elevator in the Hotel while Firefighters and EMT's extricated the victim who was conscious & alert. The victim was packaged and transported to Mass General Hospital with unknown injuries.
Third Avenue has been closed by Waltham Police and will remain closed for several hours as Nstar continues repair work. The Accident Remains Under Investigation at this time.
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