5 injured, 2 with life threatening injuries, after fiery crash on Cape Cod involving juveniles

Several people were injured Monday night after a fiery crash on Cape Cod.

According to the Harwich Fire Department, at just after 10:45 p.m. Harwich Fire responded to Queen Anne Road and Rebecca Road for a reported single vehicle crash. Harwich police arrived on scene to find a car that had left the roadway, gone through a guardrail and caught fire. Four patients were outside the vehicle, and one was still inside. 

Harwich Police officers used a fire extinguisher to knock down the fire and then removed the last patient from the car. 

On arrival of the fire department, the car was fully involved, and all five patients were being tended to by police officers. Command immediately requested three additional ambulances, recalled all off-duty personnel and two Med flight helicopters were requested. 

Mutual aid was received from Dennis, Brewster and Chatham.

Three patients were transported to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and two were transported to Mass General Hospital by Med Flight with life threatening injuries. According to scanner transmissions, at least one of the patients was a juvenile.

The vehicle fire was quickly extinguished by personnel. 

The accident is under investigation by Harwich Police.