19-year-old man charged with drugged driving after Dartmouth crash

DARTMOUTH, Mass. — A 19-year-old man is facing drugged driving charges after a head-on crash in Dartmouth on Friday, police said.

Jacob Thomas, of Chase Road, Dartmouth, was placed under arrest and charged with driving under the influence of drugs, having an open container of marijuana in a motor vehicle, negligent driving, and failure to stay within marked lanes.

Around 5 p.m. Friday, emergency personnel responded to the area of Chase Road near Lucy Little Road, after receiving numerous calls regarding a two-vehicle, head-on crash involving a 2010 Ford Escape and a 2015 Nissan Altima.

Dartmouth man charged with drugged driving after crash Jacob Thomas, 19, of Chase Road, Dartmouth, was placed under arrest and charged with operating under the influence of drugs, having an open container of marijuana in a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to stay within marked lanes. (Dartmouth Police Department)

Police said Thomas was driving the Ford Escape.

The unidentified driver and a passenger of the Nissan Altima were extricated from the vehicle, and taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Their conditions were not known on Sunday.

The crash remains under investigation.

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