Freetown Town Offices, a white two-story building with a cupola and flag in Assonet
Freetown Town Offices in Assonet. File photo, 2007. Photo: ToddC4176 (T.S. Custadio), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

FREETOWN Developing, 4:05 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.

A crash near Exit 10 in Freetown cut Route 24 southbound to one lane Saturday afternoon, MassDOT reported. The state's Mass511 traffic system listed the crash by 3:33 p.m. and still showed the road down to one lane at 3:59 p.m.

Fall River fire dispatchers sent an ambulance and a rescue squad to the crash at 3:43 p.m. after Freetown police called it in, according to the city's fire dispatch radio. Dispatchers placed it on Route 24 south at the Innovation Way exit, Exit 10.

Medic 5 and Squad 11 were sent first, and Medic 6, Medic 2 and Engine 6 were added over the next several minutes, the dispatch radio showed. At 3:53 p.m., responders canceled most of the units still on the way.

What we know

  • The crash: Route 24 southbound near Exit 10 in Freetown, listed by MassDOT by 3:33 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.
  • The road: reduced to one lane southbound, MassDOT reported, and still one lane at 3:59 p.m.
  • The response: Fall River ambulances, Squad 11 and Engine 6, sent at 3:43 p.m. and after, once Freetown police reported the crash, the fire dispatch radio showed.

What we do not know yet: how many vehicles were involved, whether anyone was hurt, what caused the crash and when all lanes will reopen. Drivers can check current conditions on Mass511.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.

Notes

The crash location and the lane closure come from MassDOT's Mass511 listing, which our monitor first read at 3:33 p.m. and we read again at 3:55 and 3:59 p.m. Oct. 24. The time of the call, the location the dispatchers gave and the units sent come from Fall River fire dispatch radio between 3:43 and 3:53 p.m. Nothing about injuries or the people involved is taken from the radio. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar. Not heard: Massachusetts State Police, Freetown police and the Fall River Fire Department.

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Sources (2)
  1. MassDOT Mass511, RT-24 southbound: Crash (Freetown)"Between Exit 10 and Exit 10 (Freetown). Crash. Roadway reduced to one lane." Listed by 3:33 p.m.; still listed at 3:59 p.m. Read Oct. 24, 2026.
  2. Fall River fire dispatch radio, public feedDispatch at 3:43 p.m. to Route 24 south at the Innovation Way exit, Exit 10, called in by Freetown police; most units canceled at 3:53 p.m. Heard Oct. 24, 2026.