crash

The MBTA is taking steps to fire a driver involved in the Green Line trolley crash that injured more than 20 people in Boston this August, the agency said Tuesday. The news was announced after the National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the crash. One of its key takeaways is that the driver put the trolley in…

A Massachusetts State Police trooper was injured when his cruiser was hit by an alleged drunken driver in Worcester on Monday night. State police said the trooper was in his marked cruiser on Interstate 290 eastbound at Burncoat Street around 10:35 p.m. when it was struck by an SUV. The cruiser had its emergency lights activated and was protecting a…

New Hampshire State Police are investigating after a Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was seriously injured in a crash on Friday night. Police said the crash happened at Interstate 93 south at Interstate 293 north in Manchester, New Hampshire. They said the single-car crash occurred just before 11:30 p.m. when the driver of a white 2005 Dodge Neon, 20-year-old Branden Duncan, tried…

Two people were hurt Friday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 495 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. State police say a piece of metal fell from an unidentified truck, hitting the window of another vehicle around 2:30 p.m. The driver and passenger of the second vehicle, both from Brockton, were taken by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital. The extent of their injuries…

Federal authorities are investigating a hot air balloon crash in the town of Ryegate, Vermont. The Vermont State Police say there were no injuries in the incident that began Sunday when the balloon that had taken off from the Post Mills airport landed in the trees. Police say the pilot of the balloon, Keith Sproul, 62, of North Brunswick, New…

One person was killed and three others were injured in a three-car crash early Sunday morning on Interstate 93 south in Andover, Massachusetts. State police said they responded to the crash at 2:17 a.m. Preliminary investigation showed that a 2014 Toyota Sienna driven by a 52-year-old man from Lawrence was headed south on I-93 when it struck a 2011 Honda…

An 81-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Friday night. The vehicle involved fled the scene of the crash, Falmouth police said. The accident was reported around 11:35 p.m. in the area of 201 Grand Avenue in Falmouth Heights. The victim was walking on the sidewalk with three other adults when he…

Two brothers — one a first grader and the other a high school student — were killed in a crash on Interstate 89 in Bow, New Hampshire, on Friday morning. Bow School Superintendent Dean Cascadden identified the brothers as 11th grader Nicholas Ouellette and first grader Gavin Ouellette of Bow in a statement to the school community. The boys’ father,…

Two people died and a third person was in critical condition following a car crash early Friday in the town of Sheldon, Vermont, state police said. Police were called just after 1:30 a.m. after receiving a report of the crash on Vermont Route 105. Police say an eastbound vehicle crossed the road, went over an embankment on the westbound side…

A vehicle careened into Brazierr, a restaurant that opened recently in Worcester, Massachusetts.

A crash involving a motorcycle early Thursday evening on Route 3 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, required a medical helicopter to be summoned to the scene. A person suffered serious injury and had to be flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after the crash on Route 3 south, near mile marker 22, fire and transportation officials said. A spokesperson for the…

A driver is dead after a crash early Saturday morning in Taunton, Massachusetts. Police and fire crews responded around 3:45 a.m. to Burt Street, where a vehicle had caught fire after hitting a tree. The driver, the only person in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The identity of the driver was not immediately released. Authorities…

A person police initially said was killed in a crash Friday in Needham, Massachusetts, is alive and in critical condition. The two-vehicle crash took place on Interstate 95 around noon. Massachusetts State Police said Friday afternoon that a 29-year-old Norwood man had been taken to Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, where he was pronounced dead. State police later said…

A boat ended up on top of an SUV after a crash Tuesday in Saugus, Massachusetts. Marcia Procopio was behind the wheel of her Jeep Cherokee when she saw a boat coming her way. “I knew it was going to hit me,” said the 70-year-old. “No way I could move or get out of the way, it just came like…

A serious crash closed several lanes of traffic Saturday evening on Route 128 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. State police initially said Route 128 was shut down in both directions for “multiple serious crashes.” One car was seen with its frontend smashed in. State police also said a medical helicopter was en route, though later said the MedFlight had been cancelled. All…

There was no immediate word on any injuries.

Police say both vehicles were turning onto Washington Street when the crash happened.

A woman has died after a crash between a scooter and a dump truck.

A woman is dead after a scooter collided with a dump truck Tuesday morning at a busy intersection in Lynn, Massachusetts. Police said two people were riding on the scooter when both vehicles were turning right from Western Avenue onto Washington Street at the time of the crash. Both people on the scooter were thrown to the ground around 9:30…