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Vehicle stuck on trail

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Signs clearly identifying the end of the maintained portion of Houghton Road didn’t prevent a driver following GPS directions from driving onto a VAST trail and becoming stuck, Friday, January 30, at 2:30 a.m., when the air temperature was -3° F. Cabot Fire Department courtesy photo

CABOT – Friday, January 30, at 2:30 a.m., Cabot Fire Department and Cabot Emergency Ambulance Service were dispatched to an automated disabled vehicle notification with unknown injuries and unknown hazards. At the time of the call the air temperature was -3° F.

An individual unfamiliar with Cabot was following GPS directions that took him up Houghton Road, past the point of winter maintenance and onto the VAST trail. The vehicle was stuck in snow approximately 100 yards beyond the end of the maintained road. Despite the best efforts of firefighters and EMS the vehicle could not be moved, requiring a wrecker service to be called. 

Cabot Fire Department

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