Posted on August 27, 2014 at 7:27 PM by Edward Lennon
WILBRAHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT
16 MAIN ST. (413) 596-3837
PRESS RELEASE
HEAD ON COLLISION
CONTACT: CAPTAIN TIMOTHY KANE
On August 27 at 8:24 a.m. Wilbraham officers responded to a three car accident by 968 Main Street. The operator of the first vehicle was driving erratically and operating in the opposite, oncoming lane. He collided with two different vehicles in a head on fashion. The operators of the two vehicles struck were transported to the hospital for apparent non life threatening injuries. The first woman struck had to be extricated with the 'jaws of life' by the Wilbraham Fire Department. The erratic operator, Ronald Shaw, 56, of Ellington, Ct. was arrested by Officer Lawrence Rich for OUI Drugs and Negligent Operation. He was also cited for a marked lanes violation.