***  WATCH ***  CRASH INVOLVING SANDWICH PUBLIC SCHOOL VAN SENDS 5 TO CCH FOR EVALUATION… MIDCAPE TRAFFIC BOTTLENECK

WEST BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS –  Five school van passengers were taken to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation of possible minor injuries after a collision with a Toyota sedan this afternoon on Route 6.  At around 1:30 p.m., state police and firefighters responded to the Mid-Cape Highway westbound at the top of the hill just west of Exit 68 (the old Exit 6).  Three Sandwich Public School vans were pulled over at the crash scene when HN arrived.  The damage to the school van appeared minor.  However, the damage to the Toyota sedan was more apparent… and it needed to be towed from the scene.  (The details regarding how the damage actually happened are still unclear…) Five school bus passengers were apparently driven to CCH in one of the school vans with at least one West Barnstable FD EMT on board, according to radio transmissions. Traffic became backed up (and at times stopped completely) as one of the westbound lanes needed to be shut down to allow first responders to safely work the scene. The Massachusetts State Police is investigating the cause of the crash.  [HN VIDEO –  PRESS PLAY]