Multi-vehicle crash involving bus leaves one useless in Barnstable

One individual was killed and two others injured Tuesday in a multi-vehicle crash involving a Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority bus, Barnstable officers mentioned. 

Barnstable police responded to the crash at Outdated Stage Street close to Carleton Lane in Centerville shortly earlier than 5 p.m., the division mentioned in a press launch. Three automobiles have been concerned within the crash, together with the bus. 

One of many drivers, a 39-year-old Centerville man, wasn’t respiratory when officers arrived, and first responders carried out CPR on him. He was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital, the place he succumbed to his accidents and was pronounced useless, police mentioned.

Two different individuals have been transported to Cape Cod Hospital. Barnstable police didn’t present any particulars on the character of their accidents, nor did they determine the driving force who died.

In a press release supplied to Boston.com, the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority mentioned its fleet is provided with video and audio surveillance, and a overview discovered that the bus was touring northbound on Outdated Stage Street on the correct pace restrict and inside marked lanes on the time of the crash.

The transit company mentioned an oncoming car veered into the lane and struck the bus on the driver’s aspect rear quarter, additionally crashing head-on right into a car behind the bus.

“There have been no brake marks indicating that the oncoming driver had tried to keep away from the collisions,” Cape Cod RTA mentioned. “Our bus driver and three passengers have been unhurt.”

Barnstable police mentioned their Crash Reconstruction Staff is investigating the deadly collision, and each the police division and Cape Cod RTA provided condolences to the household of the driving force who died.