4 injured as car crashes into tree in Wakefield
WAKEFIELD - A Vernon Street single-car crash in Wakefield on Tuesday afternoon left four young men injured.
Police said the car crashed into a tree, and two occupants of the car were trapped. Firefighters freed them, and two of the occupants of the car were transported by ambulance two a local hospital; one person was transported to a Boston hospital by ambulance; and one person was transported to a Boston hospital by medical helicopter.
"They were two young men sitting outside of the car, so I just went to them to kind of keep them calm," said Kimberly Dowdie, who lives in the are. "They were sitting; obviously adrenaline and, not sure, shock probably, and I just wanted to keep them calm and sitting."
The other two young men were trapped on the driver's side of the car.
"I have never seen anything like that, and I hope I never do again," said Dowdie.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
