By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Shutesbury, MA) Saturday around 11 a.m. Shutesbury Police Officer Taylor Beaudry stopped a vehicle on fire traveling down Leverett Road in Shutesbury. Officer Beaudry noticed smoke coming from the driver’s side tire and stopped the vehicle for further investigation. The vehicle was on fire and the operator had a dog in the vehicle along with hay in the bed of the truck.
After assisting the operator and dog out of the vehicle, Officer Beaudry began putting the fire out with a fire extinguisher while calling the Shutesbury Fire Department for assistance. The quick thinking and action on the part of the officer kept everyone safe from what could have been a much more serious incident.