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4th of July: Let’s be careful out there

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Monday July 2, 2012

The Fourth of July this year falls on a Wednesday. That is both good and bad news for holiday travelers. The good news is that it spreads the holiday traffic over more days of the week and potentially decreases traffic jams. The bad news is that those without paid vacation days will have one day off in the middle of the week with work days on either side. AAA has released some likely traffic numbers which are good reminders that we can use to reduce the likelihood of motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts and elsewhere around the country. According to reliable sources,…

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Alleged drunk driving accident results in fatality

On behalf of posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Saturday June 23, 2012

At 4:00 in the morning, the roads are relatively empty. Those traveling may be early morning delivery trucks, third shift workers and the occasional traveler. It is also a time that some late night drinkers head for home. We don't know why a Salem woman who admits to drinking decided to drive in the early morning hours last week. However, her decision resulted in a fatal accident in which her passenger was killed on impact. According to news sources, a 25-year-old Salem woman has been charged with motor vehicle homicide, negligent operation and operating under the influence of liquor. She admitted drinking,…

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Wrong-way driver in Wareham involved in fatal car crash

On behalf of posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Tuesday June 19, 2012

Interstate 495 near Wareham, Massachusetts, is a divided freeway. There are few ways to end up driving on the interstate going the wrong way -- and yet that is what happened. News sources revealed that a 26-year-old man was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-495 outside of Wareham, when he hit another car in a head-on collision. The occupant of the other car was pronounced dead at the scene, and the 26-year-old suffered serious personal injuries. According to news sources, the accident took place on a Saturday evening recently, at about 10:20 p.m. The 26-year-old man, from Brockton, ran…

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UMass student killed in motorcycle accident; driver indicted

On behalf of posted in Motorcycle Accidents on Friday May 11, 2012

A Hampshire County grand jury indicted a 23-year-old woman yesterday after an April car crash killed a University of Massachusetts senior and injured another man. The woman was charged with several offenses including a second DUI, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, manslaughter, felony motor vehicle homicide, and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The accused was driving her vehicle around 2:20 a.m. on April 14 when she caused the fatal motorcycle accident by hitting the bike driven by the 24-year-old student. He was thrown from his motorcycle and pronounced dead at the scene. The report did not indicate if…

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Woman injured by alleged drunk driver, dies

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Monday April 16, 2012

A Grafton nursing assistant and home health care aid was injured in a car accident on March 4. The crash was supposedly caused by an impaired driver who was on the wrong side of the street and hit the woman's car in a serious car crash. The 35-year-old woman from Grafton died while being treated for her injuries at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. Whether she died of injuries suffered in the head-on collision with the alleged drunken driver, or other unrelated causes, has not yet been determined. The woman's injuries were serious although she was reported earlier as being…

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