Westwood Police Log: Accident at East Street Rotary and Suspicious IRS call

July 20, 8:46 p.m. - Westwood Police responded to suspicious activity involving phone calls from the IRS. According to a report, a Westwood resident received an automated phonecall reporting to be from the IRS and that there was a problem with an account. The message said to call back before a certain time and gave a phone number.

The woman called the number and it requested her social security number. She then talked to a real person who said that the resident had received the call in error and that there was no problem. The resident found this to be suspicious and was worried about what may have been done with the social security number.

Police investigated the situation and after a bit of tracking it was found that it was a call from the IRS and that it was not a scam.

July 22, 12:33 p.m. - Westwood Police and Fire Departments responded to a 2 car accident at the East Street Rotary that sent two people to the hospital.

According to a report by Westwood Police, it was a common rotary accident. The cars involved were a 2006 Mercury driven by a 43-year-old female from Dedham, and a 1987 Izuzu driven by a 49-year-old male from Milton. Westwood Police reported that the Izuzu was stopped waiting to merge in. The Mercury was behind it and thought the Izuzu had pulled out, when it had actually just moved forward. This resulted in the Mercury rear-ending the Izuzu.

The driver of the Mercury was cited for following too close. The operator and a passenger in the Izuzu were transported to Norwood Hospital by the Fire Department. There were possible injuries, but nothing life threatening.