Mansfield Fire Chief: Train Crash Victim Alive Because of New Vehicle
Crash victim is only alive because of airbags in his 2013 Toyota Venza.
Mansfield Fire Chief Neal Boldrighini stated that the driver's survival during the crash on Wednesday with a freight train was due to the new safety equipment installed on his 2013 Toyota Venza. "His car was absolutely totalled," he said. "He was driving a very new vehicle and it was equiped with every airbag offered... He was lucky in that respect and he ws lucky in all because he hit that train at a pretty good clip. "He sustained non-lifethreatening injuries." The driver collided with the train on Monday at around noon. He was medflighted to the Rhode Island Hospital trauma unit with serious injuries. No one else was hurt, but he was extricated using the jaws of life after the crash pinned him in the vehicle. According to Boldrighini, …
