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Three injured in two-car crash on Route 6 in Wellfleet Monday morning

Car vs. van sends three to the hospital

WELLFLEET - Slippery roads have sent several people to the hospital across the Cape Monday, with car crashes reported in Chatham, Hyannis and Wellfleet.  In Wellfleet, three people were injured when a 2007 Ford Econovan owner by Cape Abilities and driven by 64-year-old Michael Downs of Eastham, collided with a 2005 Mitsubishi Gallant owned and operated by 52-year-old Robert LaFrance of Eastham.

According to a Wellfleet police release, the accident occurred around 7:25 a.m. Monday morning on Route 6, just north of the police and fire stations.

Three people, the two passengers in the van and the driver of the Gallant, were transported to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis with injuries reported to be serious but non life-threatening.

The driver of the van was traveling in the westbound land and the driver of the Gallant was in the eastbound land when the collided just south of Briar Lane. Route 6 was slippery and there were patches of ice along the highway, according to police.

Traffic was detoured down Briar Lane for about an hour  while the scene was cleared.

Wellfleet police are investigating the cause of the crash.

Almost a month ago, the driver of a Cape Abilities van was involved in a crash in Sandwich.