A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 Northbound in Mansfield sent three people to the hospital Sunday, with firefighters using hydraulic rescue equipment to free two victims trapped inside their vehicles. Two of the damaged cars ended up in the median while a third went off the road and into the woods.
Emergency crews were dispatched just after 11:45 a.m. Sunday to the crash at mile marker 27.6, according to the Fall River Reporter, which reported that Mansfield Engine 32, Rescue 36, Norton Fire, and Taunton Brewster EMS all responded alongside Massachusetts State Police. NBC Boston said it happened around noon and that firefighters rescued two people trapped in their cars, with a third vehicle ending up off the road in the woods, according to NBC Boston.
Freeing the trapped occupants required the Jaws of Life, the hydraulic tool firefighters use when vehicle framing crushes around passengers, the Fall River Reporter's report noted. While extrication was underway, Mansfield Fire Department's Car 32 was dispatched carrying two units of whole blood to intercept Rescue 36, but was canceled while en route, per the same account.
Two Patients Routed Across State Lines for Trauma Care
Two Patients Routed Across State Lines for Trauma Care The two extricated victims were transported across state lines to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, the Fall River Reporter reported. NBC Boston similarly reported the two rescued people were taken to a Rhode Island hospital.
The third crash victim was transported to Boston Medical Center – South in Brockton for medical evaluation, the Fall River Reporter reported, a detail NBC Boston also confirmed. That Brockton hospital was formerly known as Good Samaritan Medical Center before a May 2025 rebrand under the Boston Medical Center Health System.
Cause Still Under Investigation
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, according to both NBC Boston and the Fall River Reporter's reporting. Interstate 495 through Mansfield is patrolled by Massachusetts State Police Troop H out of the Foxborough Barracks, per Wikipedia.
Another Severe Crash on the Same Stretch
Another Severe Crash on the Same Stretch This is not the first major incident on I-495 in Mansfield in recent memory. In November 2025, a separate head-on wrong-way crash occurred on I-495 in Mansfield, forcing a multi-hour highway shutdown and triggering a State Police reconstruction probe. Broader traffic safety data shows I-495 averages roughly 9.5 highway fatalities per year across Massachusetts, making it one of the state's deadliest travel corridors, according to Hot 96.9 Boston.
Simultaneous emergency calls in town can require mutual aid coverage from neighboring departments during major incidents, as the Mansfield Fire Department has described. Sunday's crash illustrated that reliance firsthand, pulling in crews from Norton and Taunton to help cover a single highway incident.
