WESTBOROUGH – A vehicle crashed into the Assabet River near Maynard Street late on Thursday, Feb. 22.
According to Westborough Fire, Rescue 1 and Medic 4 responded to a report of a crash in the area of 25 Maynard St. around 9:18 p.m. The road was closed for several hours.
According to Westborough Fire, the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Maynard, and drove off a bridge into the river along a stretch of the road that curves to the right.
By the time first responders arrived, the driver – the sole occupant of the vehicle – had already been helped out of the vehicle by neighbors.
The driver was not injured, and refused transport to a hospital.
There were no apparent leaks from the vehicle; as a precaution, absorbent booms were placed in the area where the vehicle entered the river.
A crane was called in to pull the vehicle out of the river.
