Car Strikes Pole with Airbag Deployment Reported

**Town of Watertown Fire and Ambulance Responded to Pole Collision at 10 Center Drive**

According to dispatch radio traffic, Town of Watertown Fire and Ambulance units were dispatched at 12:20 a.m. to a motor vehicle accident at 10 Center Drive in Watertown, where a car had struck a light pole with airbag deployment reported. A subject was out of the vehicle with unknown injuries at the time of the initial call. Sheriff deputies and New York State Police were already on scene or en route, with reports of a Ford Fusion involved and the male driver outside the vehicle.

Watertown Ambulance unit 74-P11 and Fire unit 46-4-2 acknowledged the call and responded around 12:23 a.m., while Sheriff 118 confirmed the personal injury accident. By 12:29 a.m., responders reported no injuries at the scene, and units began signing off. Fire Chief 46-0-2 arrived shortly after, requesting an EMS technician from 74-9-1 and a utility representative to assess the damaged light pole.

Sheriff 124 ran plates on the vehicle, a New York-registered Lincoln, as the driver declined medical attention, which dispatch confirmed. Fire units remained on scene to check the pole, marking the incident cleared after approximately eight minutes of primary response, with follow-up utility coordination.