At approximately 8:05 pm, Friday April 6, 2018, the Mattapoisett Police Department received a telephone call reporting a motor vehicle crash on Aucoot Road approximately a quarter mile prior to the entrance to Harbor Beach.
Officers who responded to the crash site found a vehicle that had traveled south on Aucoot Road, a two-lane roadway and had crashed into a telephone pole and continued on into the wooded area. Police EMS personnel on scene determined that the operator, the only person in the vehicle was deceased. The operator of the vehicle was identified as James Bardsley age 45 of 14 Harbor Road Mattapoisett.
The Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Section was notified, per protocol, of the fatal crash and responded to the crash site to assist the Mattapoisett Police Department in the crash investigation.
Power in the Aucoot/Hollywood’s Road area was out for several hours due to the downed pole as a result of the crash.
The Mattapoisett Fire Department also responded to assist with the crash.
Mattapoisett Police Department Press Release