Overview
- Local crews responded after a front-end loader carrying a pickup collided with or dropped the truck onto a second vehicle at the Copart auto yard on High Street Monday afternoon.
- Emergency responders freed the driver of the lower truck and took one person to Lahey Clinic with injuries that officials say are not believed to be life-threatening.
- Aerial Sky 5 footage and local television reports show the loader handling the pickup and provide visual confirmation of the vehicle landing on top of another truck.
- OSHA arrived at the site and officials have opened an investigation to determine whether mechanical problems, operator error, or safety-procedure lapses contributed to the crash.
- Because Copart yards routinely use heavy equipment to move vehicles, the probe could prompt changes to on-site procedures, equipment checks, or worker safety measures at the facility.