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Massachusetts car accidents: Fatal crash under investigation

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Wednesday May 20, 2015

In driver's education courses, instructors emphasize the importance of being a defensive driver. Unfortunately, there are some car accidents that drivers are simply unable to avoid. Police in Massachusetts are currently investigating a fatal accident that involved three cars. The accident happened in May. Police reports indicate that a car driven by a 31-year-old woman slammed into the back of a sedan driven by a 38-year-old woman. The force of the collision pushed the second car into oncoming traffic, where it stuck a car driven by a 56-year-old man head on. The male driver and older female driver had to be extricated…

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Teen driver accidents: 3 teens hospitalized after accident

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Sunday May 10, 2015

Teenagers have relatively little experience driving on Massachusetts roadways. As a result, there are many precautions taken in order to help prevent teen driver accidents. For example, state law prohibits junior operators from having other minors in the car with them unless there is an adult over the age of 21 present in the vehicle. Despite this law, police claim that a teenage driver had two other teenagers with him when a fiery crash occurred that sent three people to the hospital. The accident happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. one night in early May. Witnesses claim that the car was…

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Massachusetts car accidents: 4 injured, drag racing suspected

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Wednesday April 22, 2015

People often make imprudent choices in their lives for a variety of different reasons, with a variety of different outcomes. These decisions could, unfortunately, harm many people. For example, people who choose to engage in street racing could potentially cause harm to themselves as well as other users of the roadways if their actions result in car accidents. Police in Massachusetts believe that three people were recently sent to the hospital as a result of street racing. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. one night in mid-April. An ambulance returning from a call reportedly called in a report of two…

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Massachusetts car accidents: Collision sends 5 to hospital

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Monday April 6, 2015

The vast majority of motorists on this country's roadways are safe drivers who strive to ensure their personal safety as well as the safety of their passengers and others. Unfortunately, unsafe drivers can cause serious car accidents that have devastating consequences for innocent people. For example, police allege that one Massachusetts man was driving under the influence of alcohol when he is believed to have caused an accident that sent five people to the hospital. The 41-year-old man was driving a sports utility vehicle at the time of the accident. Police say that he crossed into oncoming traffic, ultimately striking another SUV…

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Massachusetts car accidents: Collision sends 7 to hospital

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Thursday February 26, 2015

The vast majority of people who get into the drivers' seats of cars know the rules of the road and are willing to obey them. Their goals, beyond arriving at their destinations, are to ensure their personal safety, as well as the safety of those around them by avoiding car accidents. Unfortunately, some people may not be as diligent. Even a split second of distraction to change the radio station or glance at a phone can cause a devastating accident. Police in Massachusetts are still investigating an accident that sent seven people to the hospital. The accident involved four cars. Police…

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Teenager making strides after suffering spinal cord injury

On behalf of posted in Spinal Cord Injuries on Wednesday January 7, 2015

Getting the dreadful news that their child has been in a serious car crash is likely most parents' worst nightmare. When that accident has resulted in the victim suffering a spinal cord injury, those fears understandably escalate, as they wonder if their loved one will ever recover. There are likely some Massachusetts families who have had to endure this terrible ordeal. In June 2014, a serious car accident left a teen girl with several traumatic injuries. One of the most severe was the damage she suffered to her back. The accident caused her to suffer fractures in five sections of her vertebra. She…

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Massachusetts police car accidents cause injuries and damages

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Wednesday October 15, 2014

Massachusetts residents likely are grateful for the services provided by the dedicated men and women who work as police officers. However, there are times when these same professionals inflict pain and suffering by causing serious car accidents -- whether on- or off-duty. There have been may lives irrevocably changed through these tragic collisions. According to the records, officers have been involved in approximately 1,800 wrecks during the past five year period. While numerous accidents can be blamed on other drivers, the officers are not without fault for many of them. The Massachusetts State Police have been liable for an estimated $3 million in damages…

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Hingham woman faces second drunk driving charge

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Tuesday June 18, 2013

A Massachusetts woman who had successfully fought a drunk driving charge 10 years ago was recently arrested and is now facing new DUI charges. The Hingham woman was arrested after she had been involved in a car accident. Her car that she was driving collided with a traffic island, shredding one of her tires. The woman was charged with second-offense drunk driving and negligent driving. At her arraignment, she was ordered to abstain from alcohol and told that she would randomly be tested for alcohol use before her court hearing. Police initially decided to charge the woman with third-offense drunk driving, but…

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Massachusetts man arrested after car crash

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Thursday April 25, 2013

A Massachusetts man was arrested earlier this week after police said the vehicle he was driving when he was involved in a car accident had been stolen earlier that day. After the accident happened around 5:30 p.m. this past Tuesday in Hudson, New Hampshire, firefighters had to extricate a 70-year-old Hudson woman from her vehicle. She was then taken to a nearby hospital to have her injuries assessed by physicians. While the woman was being taken by ambulance to the hospital, police determined that the 2000 Chrysler Concord the Lowell man had been driving had been reported stolen earlier that day in…

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Massachusetts couple injured in car accident yesterday

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Monday April 22, 2013

A Massachusetts woman and man were injured yesterday in a car accident about 40 miles north of Boston. Their injuries sustained in the Hudson, New Hampshire crash were described as non-life-threatening, law enforcement officials said. A Hudson man was issued two tickets after the accident outside a bar at about 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The Lowell, Massachusetts, woman, 48 years old, had to be extricated from the passenger seat by rescue workers after the crash, officials said later in a statement. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get her out of the 1992 Toyota Camry. She was then taken by ambulance to…

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