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Vehicle crashes into building in Cohasset Village
Created by CPD on 18th May 2009, 9:10 amOn Saturday, April 18, 2009, at approximately 8:51am, the Cohasset Police Department’s Emergency Dispatch Center received multiple 9-1-1 calls from cellular callers reporting that a car had just crashed into the front of 40 South Main Street. 40 South Main Street is the former home of the Cohasset Hardware Store.
On arrival, police officers found that a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which had been heading south bound on Main Street (from Hingham towards Scituate), had crossed the double yellow line and crashed into a parked 2008 Toyota Highlander. Upon impact, the Jeep jumped the sidewalk and careened into the front window of Cohasset Hardware. The building was vacant at the time of the crash and sustained no major structural damage.
The driver of the Jeep, who was identified as Mark J. Lamm, 25 years of age, from Hingham, received facial injures as a result of the crash and was transported to the South Shore Hospital by ambulance. He will be summonsed to Quincy District Court for negligent operation of a motor vehicle and failure to drive within marked lanes. While officials were interviewing Mr. Lamm on scene, he advised them that he suffers from a medical condition that my effect his ability to drive a motor vehicle. As a result of this information, the Cohasset Police Department has notified the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles and requested that Mr. Lamm’s drivers license be suspended pending a medical evaluation.
A (17) year-old female passenger in Lamm’s vehicle was also injured in the crash. Her name is being withheld pending notification of family. She was treated on scene and subsequently transported to South Shore Hospital by ambulance with head, neck, and back injuries. The hospital is reporting her condition as stable at this time.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene and owners of 40 South Main Street were making arrangements to secure the property. The owner of the parked car is a (74) year old Cohasset resident.
