M/V Crash on Taunton Ave.

On 1/2/2018, at 8:38pm, while on patrol on Taunton Avenue, Norton Patrolman Keith Kennedy was alerted by a motorist of a motor vehicle crash that had just occurred close by on Taunton Avenue.  Police and fire personnel were dispatched to the scene.  A Ford Explorer traveling south on Taunton Avenue was struck head-on by an Oldsmobile that was traveling on Taunton Avenue in the opposite direction and crossed over the center line.  The driver’s side of each vehicle made contact with the other.  The operator of the Oldsmobile was transported to Sturdy Hospital by the Norton Fire Department for non-life threatening injuries.  The other operator was not transported.  The operator the Oldsmobile was cited for a marked lanes violation.  The crash is under investigation by Ptlm. Kennedy.