Three people taken to hospitals after pickup crashes into Fall River home, EMS says
Crews worked around live wires and sparks to free the person pinned beneath the truck, EMS said. The driver was taken into custody, WPRI 12 and the Fall River Reporter reported.
FALL RIVER Three people were taken to hospitals after a pickup truck crashed into a home on Brayton Avenue in Fall River on Saturday, Oct. 24, Fall River EMS said in an account NBC Boston published early Sunday and the Fall River Reporter carried Saturday. Fall River police had described one injured resident.
When first responders arrived, they found one person trapped underneath the truck and a second person trapped inside the truck, according to EMS. A shift commander who was around the corner reached the scene within seconds and gave immediate aid to the person under the truck, the department said.
The rescue
Fall River firefighters, police and EMS crews responded soon after. It took fire crews about 30 to 40 minutes to free the person pinned beneath the truck, and they worked the whole time around live wires and active sparks coming from the house and the vehicle, EMS said. National Grid was called and cut all power, and EMS command pulled responders out of the house for their safety, according to the department.
One person was taken to the trauma center at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. The ambulance went with a separate driver so that two paramedics could ride in the back with the patient, EMS said. The two other people were taken to local hospitals. EMS said the extent of their injuries was not known.
What police and fire officials have said
Fall River police said the Saturday morning crash trapped one of the home's residents, who was freed by firefighters and taken to Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, WPRI 12 reported Saturday night. The driver was taken into custody at the scene, WPRI and the Fall River Reporter reported, and the driver's identity has not been made public. The crash remains under investigation, WPRI reported.
Firefighters carried out an extended extrication and brought the department's Technical Rescue Truck to the scene, the Fall River firefighters union said in a statement Saturday that the Fall River Reporter published. The crash caused extensive structural damage and displaced everyone who lived in the building, and power was cut remotely because the building's exterior electrical service was damaged, the union said.
The Red Cross was helping the residents find a place to stay Saturday night, WJAR NBC 10 reported.
EMS said it is unclear what caused the crash. The department used the call to remind drivers to be careful on the roads, drive the speed limit and always wear a seat belt.
South Coast 360 News first reported the crash and rescue Saturday. Read that story.
What we asked
South Coast 360 News asked the Fall River Police Department at 11:08 a.m. Saturday and the Fall River Fire Department at 11:09 a.m. Saturday for their accounts of the crash. The questions to police included whether the driver has been charged and with what, and when the driver is expected in court. Neither department had answered as of 9:40 a.m. Sunday. This story will be updated when officials release more.
What we know
- The crash: a pickup truck crashed into a home on Brayton Avenue on Saturday, Oct. 24, EMS said.
- The injured: three people were taken to hospitals, one of them to the Rhode Island Hospital trauma center, EMS said.
- The rescue: crews took 30 to 40 minutes to free the person pinned, working around live wires and sparks, EMS said.
- The driver: taken into custody at the scene and not yet identified, WPRI 12 and the Fall River Reporter reported.
- The building: extensive structural damage displaced everyone who lived there, the firefighters union said.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Fall River EMS's account comes from NBC Boston's report, posted at 1:24 a.m. Oct. 25. Fall River police's account and the driver's custody come from WPRI 12's report, updated at 11:51 p.m. Oct. 24. The union statement, and a second copy of the EMS account, come from the Fall River Reporter's report of Oct. 24, updated at 12:58 p.m., and the Red Cross line from WJAR NBC 10's report of Oct. 24. We read all four on Oct. 25 and credit each where its fact appears. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar. Not heard: the Fall River Police Department and the Fall River Fire Department, which we asked at 11:08 and 11:09 a.m. Oct. 24.
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Sources (4)
- NBC Boston: Truck slams into Fall River home, pinning person under vehicle; 2 others hurtPosted 1:24 a.m. Oct. 25, 2026. Carries Fall River EMS's account: the street, the three people taken to hospitals, the two people trapped, the 30 to 40 minute rescue, the live wires, the power cut and the transports. Read Oct. 25, 2026.
- WPRI 12: Resident injured after car crashes into Fall River homePosted 8:20 p.m. Oct. 24, 2026, updated 11:51 p.m. Fall River police's account of the trapped resident, the driver taken into custody and the investigation. Read Oct. 25, 2026.
- Fall River Reporter: Driver in custody, man rushed to Rhode Island Hospital, after truck crashes into Fall River homePosted 10:41 a.m. Oct. 24, 2026, updated 12:58 p.m. Carries the Fall River firefighters union's statement quoted in this story, Fall River EMS's account of the two people trapped and the three transports, and the driver taken into custody at the scene. Read Oct. 25, 2026.
- WJAR NBC 10: One person hospitalized after truck crashes into living room of Fall River homePosted 6:26 p.m. Oct. 24, 2026, updated 10:46 p.m. The Red Cross helping residents. Read Oct. 25, 2026.