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A driver from North Weymouth, Massachusetts was killed in a car crash on Route 1 last month. Jason Gambon’s black Nissan sedan swerved to the left, crossed the center line, and hit an 18-wheel tractor trailer head-on around 7:10pm on Tuesday, August 26. According to reports, the driver of the tractor-trailer did not sustain any serious injuries.

Emergency crews had to use hydraulic rescue tools to extricate the injured driver from his car. The road was closed for several hours and Gambon, 24, was taken by ambulance to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The reason that Gambon swerved and hit the tractor-trailer is still under investigation. An unnamed witness said that the two vehicles were very badly damaged. The witness said, “nobody’s going to walk away from that.”

Massachusetts man killed in North Hampton crash, Seacoastonline.com, August 29, 2008 Continue reading

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A Massachusetts tractor-trailer driver was involved in car accident earlier this week. Richard Jean, 49, was driving north on Interstate 95 when his tractor-trailer, which is owned by Bothstein Sugar Corporation, was hit by David Nance of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Police say Nance was speeding and his car became wedged under Jean’s tractor-trailer. The car was then dragged a short distance before Jean pulled his truck to the side of the highway.

Firefighters had to extract Nance from his vehicle because he became trapped. Meanwhile, local and state police were forced to close the entrance ramp and right lane of the highway as rescuers worked to free Nance, who was unconscious at the time.

As of Wednesday, the accident victim was listed in critical condition at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. The motor vehicle accident is currently under investigation, but no charges have been filed according to state police.

Man critical after I-95 crash, ConnPost.com, September 10, 2008
Driver in I-95 crash still critical, ConnPost.com, September 10, 2008 Continue reading

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The town of Wayland, Massachusetts was hit by tragedy last week. Marie Martino, 80, of Wayland was hit by a car on Thursday night while trying to cross a street in Wayland.

A Wayland ambulance took the car accident victim to MetroWest Medical Center in Natick, where she was pronounced dead around 9pm.

The driver of the gray Ford van that hit Martino has been identified as Lawrence Vannerderynen of Natick, Massachusetts. As of late last week, no charges have been filed.

Meanwhile, in Hudson, Massachusetts, Jayne E. Lombardo, 44, was hit by a car around the same time. She was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, but as of last week, her condition was still unknown.

Woman identified in Wayland fatal crash, WickedLocal.com, September 5, 2008 Continue reading

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Last year, a Massachusetts woman crashed her car into Brockton Hospital, killing a doctor and a secretary and seriously injuring a radiation therapist at the hospital. A wrongful death lawsuit against the driver, 77-year-old Jane Bergland, of Rockland, has already been dropped after a settlement was reached out of court.

Now several of Bergland’s doctors face potential lawsuits for failing to warn their patient, who was taking insulin for diabetes, among other medications, that her medication might impair her ability to drive. She was also taking powerful painkillers and undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Less than a year ago, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a similar case that a Brockton doctor could be sued for failing to warn a patient about the potential side effects of prescriptions. That case is scheduled to go to trial in November. The newer case against Bergland’s doctors is still going through the legal process.

Driver’s doctors sued over fatal Brockton Hospital crash, WickedLocal.com, September 6, 2008 Continue reading

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According to Leicester, Massachusetts police, an elderly couple died last week as the result of a head-on car crash on Route 9. Russel Mosman, 83, and his wife, Dorothy, 89, of North Brookfield, Massachusetts were struck by an eastbound car driven by Adwoa Gyamfi of Worcester, Massachusetts.

After the crash at the intersection of Route 9 and Town Beach Road, emergency medical personnel transported Russell Mosman to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

Dorothy Mosman was pronounced dead at the hospital soon after the car accident. Gyamfi was also transported to the hospital, but local police report that her injuries are not considered serious.

The motor vehicle accident is under investigation, butso far no one has been charged.

Elderly couple die in car crash, Boston Herald, August 29, 2008 Continue reading

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According to police, a Massachusetts driver on Route 302 in Maine hit the guardrail on the left side of the road and came to a stop after colliding with the chain-link fence of the nearby Blake Equipment Company.

Paul Townsend was driving a gold 2006 Hyundai Elantra. The car was totaled after the accident, and all of the car’s air bags deployed upon impact. The car’s passenger, George Townsend, had to be removed from the car, because the fence prevented him from opening the car door himself. The seventy-six year old was taken to the hospital to be examined and for damage to his hand. Paul Townsend sustained minor injuries and was transported to Maine Medical Center for evaluation.

Windham Police Officer Ray Williams said the car accident was related to a medical problem and was not caused by traffic or high speeds.

Accident sends car through fence, IndependentPub.com, September 3, 2008 Continue reading

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The Worcester Business Journal recently reported that the intersection of Interstates 495 and 290 has an accident rate that is 33 percent higher than similar highway interchanges. The Mass Highway Department plans to improve the intersection by redesigning and rebuilding it.

The construction project will not be completed until 2014 or 2015; however, the MHD has $31 million in federal and state money designated to fund it. The Massachusetts Environmental Protection Agency has deemed an environmental impact report unnecessary, which will save 18-24 months.

Construction will be completed in stages so that traffic will flow as usual. Currently, the intersection is a full cloverleaf pattern, but the new design will transform the intersection into a partial cloverleaf and three levels of roadway. Two of the four ramps at the intersection are rated “F” due to the heavy amount of traffic they handle. The redesign is anticipated to bump up the rating to a B, C, or D.

At A Crossroads, Worcester Business Journal, August 18, 2008 Continue reading

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