crash_reports: 2100000777

ON 10-1-21 AT APPROX. 1133HRS. WHILE WORKING N492 I TOOK A REPORT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT 222 AUSTIN ST. I NOTICED A RED FIRE HYDRANT ACROSS THE STREET WAS DISLODGED ROM ITS BASE AND LAYING SIDEWAYS ON THE GROUND. I SPOKE TO A WITNESS WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET AT 222 AUSTIN ST. ( DALLAS PERKINS ). WITNESS STATES HE HAD HEARD THE CRASH AND SAW FROM HIS WINDOW A LARGE BOX TRUCK WITH A TRAILER ATTACHMENT THAT CONTAINED SEVERAL LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT PIECES DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. WHEN HE NOTICED THE FIRE HYDRANT WAS KNOCKED OVER HE CALLED THE POLICE. WITNESS STATES FROM HIS VANTAGE POINT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A PLATE OR OTHER IDENTIFIABLE MARKINGS. NEWTON PUBLIC WORKS WAS NOTIFIED TO REPLACE THE HYDRANT. N525 ( OFF GAUDET ) ARRIVED AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE SCENE AND THE DAMAGE. CLEARED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.