Saturday, March 30, 2024

Ashland Car Crash Takes Down Poles, Driver in Custody

One person is in custody following a crash in Ashland late Friday.

Around 11:00pm, Friday, emergency personnel were called to the 600 Block of Centre Street for a report of multiple poles and wires down.

Ashland's Fire Chiefs arrived on scene and found evidence of a crash that spanned 2 1/2 blocks.

Members of the fire department responding to the incident would spot a heavily damaged Subaru traveling uptown on Centre Street and would notify police.

State Police arrived and found the vehicle parked in the Turkey Hill parking lot.  The driver would be taken into custody by Troopers.

The Washington Fire Company responded to the scene of the crash and cleared any debris and PPL arrived on scene around midnight to assess the damage.

No power outages were reported following the crash.