hit-and-run

Police seek plow that destroyed Acushnet church sign, drove off

Acushnet police shared images of a pickup truck with a plow attached and emergency lights flashing after it drove into the sign at St. Francis Xavier Church at the intersection of Main and South Main streets

A snow plow that crashed into an Acushnet, Massachusetts, church's sign and fence, destroying both, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Acushnet, Mass., Police Department

A snow plow destroyed a church's sign and fence while working Sunday in Acushnet, Massachusetts, and the driver left the scene, police said.

In fact, the driver later passed by an officer who was taking a report and didn't stop and explain what happened, Acushnet police said Tuesday, asking for help finding the driver.

They shared images of a pickup truck with a plow attached and emergency lights flashing after it drove into the sign at St. Francis Xavier Church at the intersection of Main and South Main streets, where police said the vehicle had failed to stop at a stop sign at 8:17 p.m.

The truck backed out from the destroyed sign and fence and drove away, but soon afterward passed the intersection again, this time with the police officer present.

Anyone with information about what happened was asked to reach out to Acushnet police at 508-998-0240.

Aftermath of a hit-and-run crash that damaged a church fence in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Aftermath of a hit-and-run crash that damaged a church fence in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Aftermath of a hit-and-run crash that damaged a church fence in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Aftermath of a hit-and-run crash that damaged a church fence in Acushnet, Massachusetts, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
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