IPSWICH — Chief Paul Nikas reports that the Ipswich Police Department is investigating a two-car crash that took place Thursday on High Street.
Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 5:10 p.m. Thursday about a collision near 330 High St. When police arrived, they discovered that two vehicles had collided head on: a 2022 Subaru operated by an 83-year-old woman from Maine, with two passengers; and a 2007 Hyundai operated by a 54-year-old man from Rowley, with his 13-year-old child as a passenger.
According to preliminary investigation findings, one vehicle crossed the center line on High Street and struck the other. The Hyundai rolled over, and the Subaru was pinned up against a wall.
The driver of the Subaru and one of her passengers were extricated from the vehicle by Ipswich and Rowley firefighters, using the Jaws of Life. Those patients were taken by MedFlight to a Boston hospital. They suffered serious injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
Three other people were taken by ambulance to local hospitals.
Among the first responders were Ipswich Police officers, firefighters from Ipswich and Rowley, and ambulances from Action Ambulance, Georgetown and Newbury. An off-duty paramedic from the Gloucester Fire Department arrived at the scene at the same time as the first police officers, and that paramedic also assisted.
“The police officers, firefighters and paramedics did an awesome job working together,” Chief Nikas said. “Their quick work helped patients get the medical care they needed as soon as possible.”
The crash remains under investigation by the Ipswich Police Department Accident Reconstruction Unit.
