QUINCY ‒ The driver of a truck that flipped Friday afternoon on Hancock Street died, according to Quincy police.
The man, whose identity has not been released, suffered a medical emergency that led to the single-vehicle crash. Police believe that a medical emergency, not the the accident, caused his death, a spokesperson said.
He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center,
The truck’s passenger was brought to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth but did not suffer a serious injury, Quincy police said. On Friday, police told The Patriot Ledger that the passenger managed to self-extricate from the vehicle following the crash.
The accident occurred at Hancock and Fenno streets. Police received a call around 1:30 p.m. reporting smoke coming from the overturned truck, which appeared to have struck a granite gate post outside Merrymount Park.
The crash temporarily tied up traffic on Hancock Street, the city’s main north-south thoroughfare, but police had cleared the scene by rush hour.