A truck driver was credited with dousing a car that caught fire with a couple trapped inside after a head-on collision on Route 1 Thursday afternoon.
Wrentham Fire Chief Jay McMorrow said the truck driver, whose name was not available, put the fire out with an extinguisher before firefighters arrived, averting a potential for tragedy.
“I don’t think they would have been able to self extricate,” McMorrow said. “The potential was there for a lot worse results.” The couple was conscious and suffered serious injuries. They were taken by Wrentham ambulances to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, the fire chief said.
The driver was identified by a state police spokesman as a 59-year-old North Attleboro man.
They collided head on with a flat-bed tow truck with a car on it around 2:20 p.m. on Route 1, north of Hawes Street.