54-year-old Jean Heppler was killed while crossing a street in a Dedham traffic crash on Friday night. Heppler was struck by a vehicle driven by a Mount Ida College student. The driver, Nicolas A. Rivas-Vasquez, pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of the catastrophic pedestrian accident. The 21-year-old’s lawyer…
Steve Austin, the frontman for the band Today is the Day, was involved in a Massachusetts 15-passenger van crash over the Thanksgiving weekend. The band was getting ready to resume its tour when the group was struck by an auto that was hit by another vehicle. On his Facebook page,…
A mother and her two young daughters were involved in a scary accident yesterday on Route 111 in Hudson, New Hampshire. Lisa Beauchemin, 35, was driving her Volvo wagon Saturday when a sheet of ice flew off a white van and shattered the Volvo’s windshield. The ice was so forceful,…
Five months after comedian Tracy Morgan sustained serious injuries in a truck accident, his lawyer is now saying that it is not certain whether or not the performer will fully recover. Morgan sustained a traumatic brain injury and numerous broken bones after the vehicle he was riding in was rear-ended…
With the average gallon of gas costing $2.85-at its lowest cost for the entire year and down 43 cents from this time last year-car group AAA says travelers can expect more traffic on the roads as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. AAA projects that nearly 46.3 million people will travel a…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it wants a nationwide recall of vehicles outfitted with certain side frontal side air bags manufactured by Takata. The move comes after the regulator decided that the manufacturer is not acting swiftly enough to expand the recall of defective air bags that may…
A 68-year-old woman died earlier this week, in a Bridgewater, MA pedestrian accident. Roberta Harris was struck by a van while crossing the street on Monday morning. According to police, the Ford van that hit Harris was turning out of a Walgreens parking lot when the incident happened. She was…
The driver of an SUV was taken to the hospital last week after several cement beams fell off of a tractor-trailer truck and onto his car. Vidon George, the driver of that SUV, said he was approximately 30 feet away from the truck when he noticed the restraint harnesses giving…
According to statistics, teen motorists are more likely to be in a car crash than motorists who belong to an older age group. In 2012 alone, 39 people ages 16 to 20 died in Massachusetts car crashes-that’s over 11% of all traffic deaths in the state that year. This figure…
Bicycle safety continues to draw the attention of city officials as the number of cyclists grows across the city. With increasing attention to the environmental and health advantages of opting for bicycles instead of motor vehicles and public transportation, and the advent of bike share programs like Hubway, the volume…