crash_reports: 22000451

Newton Police, Fire and Medics were dispatched to Commonwealth. Ave. and Dartmouth St. for Motor Vehicle Collision. Dispatch was advising a vehicle had collided into a poll. Upon arrival, Ofc. observed a Eversource street light poll laying on the grass carriage lane (westbound side). MV#1 was observed facing westbound in the eastbound lane of Commonwealth. Ave with front and side airbags deployed. The operator of MV#1 reported she was traveling westbound on Commonwealth Ave. prior to colliding into the light pole, but states she does not remember the moments prior to the collision.The operator of MV#1 reported she was uninjured, but was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital as a precaution. Newton Fire personnel determined the damaged light poll was not a hazard while Eversource was notified regarding their damaged poll. A witness to the collision reported they observed MV#1 traveling westbound on Commonwealth Ave. at approximately 20-25 mph, before it veered off the roadway and into the light poll. After colliding into the light poll MV#1 crossed over the double yellow line into oncoming traffic and hit the curb on the eastbound side of Commonwealth Ave. Pictures of MV#1 and the Eversource light poll were taken on the N493 camera and submitted to the NPD IT bureau. A Request for an Immediate Threat License Suspension/Revocation was faxed over to the Massachusetts RMV on behalf of the Operator of MV#1 due to the circumstances of this collision.