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Truck pulled from Little Harbor, operator to be cited
Created by Cohasset Mariner on 4th April 2010, 11:42 amCOHASSET - Police said a 50-year-old Marshfield man whose red, four-door 2005 Titan pickup truck go stuck in the water on Jerusalem Road near Bow Street, got out of the truck and ran up Jerusalem Road to a house where called 9-1-1.
The call came in at about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
John McSherry, 165 Prospect St., who was headed on Jerusalem Road toward North Main Street, tried to drive his pickup through the flooded, washed-out part of the road, which was blocked off by cones when the mishap occurred.
The truck was lifted up on the current and pulled in an area of Little Harbor off Bow Street. McSherry quickly abandoned the truck. The current then took the vehicle about 25 yards off the road into Little Harbor on the Bow Street side and sank, police said.
McSherry was treated by paramedics at the scene and was picked up by an unidentified woman. The accident remains under investigation. McSherry could not be reached for comment.
Police called Thomas Auto Body that arrived with a flat bed and a tow truck. Cohasset firefighters swam with a chain out to the submerged truck and wrapped the chain around the steering column, police said. The tow truck then slowing pulled the pickup out of Little Harbor.
No hazardous material was spilled but the fire department was on scene with equipment in case that did occur, police said.
Police said McSherry would be issued a citation for going around a traffic-warning device.
Police Chief Mark DeLuca said traffic warnings are there for a reason and should be adhered to. He said the situation could have been tragic if there had been children strapped in the truck.
He praised the work of Cohasset public safety personnel.
“The police and fire departments did a great job as always,” DeLuca said.
