Last month, Massachusetts’ highest court upheld a $4.4 million award to the family of a man who died in a bus accident involving a large security gate arm that hit a bus transporting spectators between a golf tournament and Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium. The tragic bus crash occurred in 2003 and…
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Five Injured in Pittsfield Bus Crash
Last week, the driver of a Dufour Inc.bus reportedly suffered a heart attack, causing the bus to veer out of its lane and into a gully. The bus was headed northbound on Route 8 around 12:40am when the bus crash occurred. It was carrying 15 passengers, who were members of…
Driver Ticketed for ‘Negligent Operation’ in Massachusetts Bus Crash
The bus driver involved in a bus crash last month in Becket, Massachusetts has received a $50 moving violation for “negligent operation.” In other words, driving too fast for the road conditions, which were slick with ice at the time of the accident. The 63-year-old bus driver was transporting the…
Massachusetts Bus Crash Injures Members of Hockey Team
In Becket, Massachusetts, five people were injured yesterday morning after a bus accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The Yankee Trails bus was carrying 29 passengers, including members of the Albany River Rats hockey team. According to the Times Union newspaper, at least four of the five people injured were affiliated…
Bus Crashes En Route to Boston
On Sunday, two buses collided on Interstate 95 on their way to Boston. Police say thirty passengers were sent to the hospital, and seven people were treated for minor injuries as a result of the bus accident. The first bus, owned by Wellesley-based Ivy Tours Inc, was carrying 67 passengers…
Authorities Investigating Mass Pike Bus Crash
In Grafton, Massachusetts, authorities are looking into the bus crash that injured five people earlier in January. Passengers were treated for minor injuries at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, according to a state police spokesman. After the traffic accident, the bus company sent another bus to pick up the passengers…
Bus Crash in Grafton Injures Five
Late Sunday night, a Morning Star coach bus carrying 31 passenger crashed into a ravine on the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Grafton. Emergency crews remained on the scene of the bus accident early Monday morning. Police told the Boston Channel that five passengers were transported to UMass…