Car Slams Pole, Bleeding Driver Hospitalized

A woman was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after her car smashed into a metal light post in the heart of Bristol Borough.

The woman, a Bristol Borough resident in her mid-30s, was taken from the scene by the Bucks County Rescue Squad and transported to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown. She was bleeding but conscious.

At about 9:30 a.m., the woman’s red Dodge Neon hit the pole at the corner of Pond and Mullberry streets, which is outside of the police station.

According to witnesses, the woman was driving through the intersection and nearly hit an elderly man crossing the street.

Borough police officers and Chief Arnold Porter were quickly on the scene and began helping the woman until medics arrived.

The left front-end of the car was crunched, yet the light post remaining intact, suffering only minor damage.