NEW BEDFORD Developing, 2:05 a.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
A vehicle ended up on its side after a crash involving two vehicles at Acushnet Avenue and Phillips Avenue in New Bedford early Wednesday, Nov. 11, and everyone was out of the vehicle when firefighters arrived, according to police and fire radio traffic.
Police were sent to a crash with a vehicle on its side at the intersection at about 12:50 a.m., and at about 12:52 a.m. police dispatch asked an ambulance to head there, saying injuries were unknown at that point, according to the radio traffic. Fire dispatch sent Ladder 4, Engine 8 and Unit 1 at about 12:51 a.m.
Engine 8 reported at about 12:54 a.m. that it was on scene with the vehicle on its side and everyone out of it. A minute later, Ladder 4 was added back to the call and asked to come to the scene to help stabilize the vehicle, according to the radio traffic. By about 12:59 a.m. Ladder 4 was sent back, and Engine 8 radioed that it was returning at about 1:30 a.m.
South Coast 360 is asking the New Bedford Police Department and the New Bedford Fire Department whether anyone was hurt or taken to a hospital, how the crash happened and whether the intersection was closed.
What we know
- Where: the intersection of Acushnet Avenue and Phillips Avenue in New Bedford, according to police and fire radio traffic.
- When: the first police call went out at about 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026.
- What: a crash involving two vehicles, with one vehicle on its side, according to fire dispatch and the first engine on scene.
- The people involved: everyone was out of the vehicle when Engine 8 arrived, according to the radio traffic.
- Response: Ladder 4, Engine 8, Unit 1 and an ambulance; Ladder 4 was called in to help stabilize the vehicle, and Engine 8 was returning at about 1:30 a.m.
What we do not know yet
The departments have not yet said whether anyone was hurt or taken to a hospital, what caused the crash or whether the intersection was closed.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact in this story comes from New Bedford police and fire radio traffic recorded between 12:50 and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, which we read in our transcript log: the intersection, the two-vehicle crash, the vehicle on its side, everyone out of it, the ambulance sent with injuries unknown, the ladder called in to stabilize the vehicle and the units returning. The departments have not yet confirmed the details, and we have asked them to. We have left out any names, any word on injuries beyond what dispatch said and any cause until the departments speak.
Corrections
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Sources (2)
- New Bedford Police radio, NBPD CH1, OpenMHz, SC360 transcript logMotor vehicle accident with a vehicle on its side at Acushnet Avenue and Phillips Avenue, 12:50 a.m.; control to the ambulance, "We had a vehicle flip" with unknown injuries at this time, 12:52 a.m. Read Nov. 11, 2026, 1:52 to 1:56 a.m.
- New Bedford Fire radio, NBFD CH1, OpenMHz, SC360 transcript logLadder 4, Engine 8 and Unit 1 sent to the intersection of Acushnet Avenue and Phillips Avenue for a two-vehicle crash, 12:51 a.m.; Engine 8 on scene, vehicle on its side, everyone out of the vehicle, 12:54 a.m.; Ladder 4 called to stabilize the vehicle, 12:55 a.m.; Ladder 4 returned, 12:59 a.m.; Engine 8 returning, 1:30 a.m. Read Nov. 11, 2026, 1:52 to 1:56 a.m.