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2 teens medflighted, 3 others hospitalized after fiery Cape crash
The crash is under investigation by Harwich police.
Five teenagers were injured Monday night in a single-car crash in Harwich when the vehicle went off the road and caught fire.
According to the Harwich Fire Department, the crash happened at 10:48 p.m. on Queen Anne Road near the power lines and Rebecca Road.
When Harwich police arrived at the scene, they found that the car had left the roadway, gone through a guardrail, and caught fire. Four of the car’s occupants were outside the vehicle, and one was still inside.
Harwich officers used a fire extinguisher to knock down the fire and removed the last person from the car, according to the fire department.
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When firefighters later arrived, the car was engulfed in flames, and police officers were treating all five occupants.
First responders took three people to Cape Cod Hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, and two were taken by medical helicopters to Mass General Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
According to Harwich Police Lt. Aram Goshgarian, three of the occupants were 18 years old and two were 17 years old.
Firefighters extinguished the vehicle fire and a small brush fire.
The crash is under investigation by Harwich police.
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