Crime & Safety

UPDATED: MedFlight Responds to Water Burn Victim

An office worker was burnt by hot water in Westwood Monday.

UPDATE: 2:50 p.m. - The Monday afternoon confirmed that the victim of burns caused by spilling extremely hot water was taken by MedFlight to a Boston-area hospital.

The MedFlight helicopter landed at to transport the victim, and fire officials received the call for the matter around 10:54 a.m. Monday morning.

The helicopter was requested to help with a worker in an office building on Lowder Brook Drive Monday morning, Westwood Police said.

The employee of a kitchen food operation at one of the offices in the area was carrying a kettle of hot water and dropped it on the floor. The spilled water resulted in the worker being scalded in various areas of the body.

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It wasn't immediately clear what office the worker was in at the time, police said, though it is in the same area as the Meditech building.


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