One man dies and two children are injured in an accident in Plymouth – NECN

A man died in a car crash in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Friday that also injured two children.

A driver somehow lost control of his car and ended up in the Eel River in the afternoon.

According to investigators, the driver drove over the guardrail around 5 p.m. yesterday evening and ended up in the water.

The 50-year-old driver was traveling with two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl.

A witness tells us he saw the white SUV skid and then go off the road. He pulled over and called 911. Then he and a few other good Samaritans went and checked on the people in the car.

“I was stopping cars and one of the people I stopped happened to be an EMT or firefighter,” Ken Shaw said. “The kids were crying. I told them to calm down, keep their energy and we’ll get them out of there.”

They were able to pull the girl out, but the other two were trapped. The car was covered in debris and trees, and part of the roof was crushed. Investigators say firefighters used hydraulic tools to free the others in the car.

The cause of the crash is currently being investigated.