Essex Police Respond to Scene After Vehicle Crashes into Home

ESSEX — Chief Thomas Shamshak Jr. reports that the Essex Police Department responded to a vehicle that crashed into a home on Eastern Avenue.

At 9:20 p.m. Friday, June 13, an on-duty Essex Police Officer observed a vehicle traveling erratically westbound along Route 133 from Gloucester. The vehicle had struck traffic barrels in the roadway. When the officer approached the vehicle on foot, it left the scene, still dragging debris from colliding with the barrels.

The officer radioed to dispatch, and other officers began to seek out the vehicle. Officers soon discovered that the vehicle had crashed into a home at 51 Eastern Ave., near the intersection with Water Street.

The operator was taken by ambulance to Shepard Memorial Drive in Essex, where a medical helicopter landing zone was set up. He was then transported by MedFlight to a Boston hospital. The operator was in critical condition when leaving the scene.

Essex Fire and EMS first responders provided aid at the scene, as did Beauport Ambulance. Manchester Police Department officers assisted with setting up the landing zone for the medical helicopter.

The incident remains under investigation by Essex Police, with assistance from state troopers attached to the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section (CARS).

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