The parents of a University of Northern Colorado student who died last week while texting and driving, are hoping that a photo of the text he was sending just before he crashed, will remind other drivers to put the phone down while behind the wheel. “In a split second you…
The driver of the Calvary Coach bus that crashed into an overpass on Soldiers Field Road in Boston in February has been criminally charged. Samuel J. Jackson, 67, of Philadelphia was charged with operating negligently to endanger as well as failing to obey a sign and driving a bus on…
Not only does New Hampshire have more registered motorcycles on the roads today, but also more fatalities, the Eagle Tribune reported. 79,419 motorcycles were registered in the state in 2012-a jump from the 76,431 that were registered in 2011. Increased fuel prices are among the reasons explaining a surge in…
In a recent article published by Boston.com, the Boston Globe Spotlight Team found that Boston Cab Company, in addition to other Boston taxi companies, remains dangerously underinsured, and keeps passengers and victims of cab accidents at risk. According to the Spotlight Team, most of the Boston Cab Company cars operate…
A Gordon College freshman died in a car crash Saturday in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Lakeville. Officials pronounced Monica DeMello, 18, of Middleborough, dead at the scene after being involved in a two-vehicle accident on Route 44, according to a statement from the Lakeville Police Department. The other driver,…
Police claim a patron left Buck’s Bar & Grill without paying his tab, climbed into his car, and rammed a customer who chased him outside trying to get him to pay his bill. Captain Rick Fuller said the driver, Michael K. Fay, 48, of Weymouth, MA refused to pay his…
Two women were hurt when the vehicle they were in crashed and became lodged under a tanker truck on the Mass Pike in Framingham, MA. The accident occurred when a 2011 Honda Pilot traveling in the left lane drifted into the breakdown lane, struck a guard rail, swung back across…
A vehicle with five juveniles and an open container of alcohol struck and injured a mother and daughter, said Arlington Police Captain Richard Flynn. Police responded to the incident on Sunday at 6:30 p.m., after the car full of juveniles crashed into the automobile carrying a mother and her daughter,…
Town officials in Wellesley are considering creating bike lanes to make roads safer for cyclists. The proposed plan comes after a 41-year-old man was struck and killed by a truck while riding his bicycle last year. “Every time somebody is injured on our roads-particularly when someone dies-the selectmen take it…
A single car crash knocked out power to hundreds of residents in Longmeadow, MA. Longmeadow police and fire departments responded to the accident that occurred just before 6:30 p.m. near the Longmeadow Country Club. Slick road conditions caused the 16-year-old woman driver, whose name authorities did not release, to lose…