Police, Fire Dept. Respond to Helicopter Flyover, Car Fire

Passersby on High Street in Westwood on Wednesday may have noticed a strange sight in the sky. 

What could have been mistaken for a MedFlight helicopter was determined by Westwood Police to be a Black Hawk helicopter, which flew over the High Street area around noontime Wednesday. 

Police said they received no previous warning or notice of the presence of the helicopter, which circled around the and before taking off towards Rte. 1/Providence Highway. Authorities were not immediately certain as to why the helicopter was in the area. 

Meanwhile, around the same time Wednesday, the Westwood Fire Department responded to University Avenue near Rosemont Road in response to a car fire.

That car, a 2009 Chevy Tahoe, was fully involved by the time fire crews arrived on Wednesday. No one was in the car at the time of the fire, officials said.