An early morning chain-reaction crash resulted in a fire at a Stoughton gas station today. According to Boston 25 News, the incident occurred just before 6 a.m. at the Shell station at 140 Sharon Street. The Stoughton Police Department found a vehicle had struck a gas pump after it jumped the curb following a collision involving three vehicles.
Responding to the crash, one of the vehicles had lost control and subsequently hit the fuel pump, setting off a fire that the station's fire suppression system initially managed. This system, along with Stoughton firefighters who arrived shortly after, was able to contain and extinguish the blaze. As reported by NBC Boston, Sharon Street had to be temporarily shut down as a result of the crash but has reopened since.
Three of the five people involved across the three vehicles were hospitalized, their injuries not considered serious. The driver whose car hit the pump was not transported from the scene. As the mishap lead to an intense scene, the fuel pump was knocked to the ground and adjacent surfaces were covered in fire suppression powder, as shown in aerial footage.
A worker at a nearby Mobil station, Happy Patel, described the chaos to Boston 25 News. "I couldn’t even think. It was scary to see after that happened," said Patel. "When I saw the smoke, I went outside, ran, and I saw the fire. Everyone was panicked, and I was panicked too." After the collision that sent one vehicle flying into the pump, Patel recounted the driver's distress. "She was here. Waiting until the ambulance came, she was crying, scared," he said, detailing that the driver mentioned being hit by another car before losing control.
Investigations into the exact causes and potential charges are ongoing as per police, who have yet to provide further details on the incident or its aftermath. Neither article indicated whether charges would be brought or speculated on the potential outcome of the police investigation.
