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One person has died and three others are injured following a multi-car crash Monday evening in North Andover, Massachusetts, fire officials say. North Andover Fire responded to the area of Route 114 at Sharpners Pond Road for a three-vehicle crash around 5:25 p.m. One person died, fire officials said, while three others were taken to local hospitals with various injuries….

The amount of traffic on Massachusetts roadways is down with most people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the rate of fatalities has doubled, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. In April, 28 people died in crashes compared to 27 the same month last year, when there were 50% more vehicles on the road, according to…

The amount of traffic on Massachusetts roadways is down with most people staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic but the rate of fatalities has doubled, according to the state’s Department of Transportation.

From the latest troubles on the MBTA to the constant traffic on the roads, transportation advocates are pushing for more investments, even if some of the money may have to come out of their pockets. They gathered at the state house Tuesday to urge lawmakers to support ideas such as congestion pricing, raising the gas tax and adding more fees…

Shocking video from inside a Boston highway tunnel was released Thursday showing a person walking their bicycle and nearly getting hit by two passing vehicles. The video, released by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, shows the person in the Prudential Tunnel, which carried Interstate 90, lifting their bike over a barrier before darting out into traffic. One motorist can be…

New video release by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shows a person walking their bicycle and nearly getting hit by two passing vehicles inside Boston’s Prudential Tunnel.

One person was hospitalized after a tractor-trailer towing a crane struck a Cape Cod overpass, causing debris to fall onto the window of a passing vehicle, Massachusetts State Police say. The tractor-trailer was traveling on Route 6 westbound around 6 p.m. Friday when it struck the Old Bass River Road Bridge. The bridge above Route 6 was closed to traffic…

The incident happened Friday evening on Route 6 in Dennis and forced officials to close Old Bass River Bridge.

A project to replace the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in Boston this summer is expected to have significant impact to all modes of transportation in the area.

With this year’s Thanksgiving stacking up to be the second-busiest on record, the Massachusetts Port Authority has some tips to make travel by air and car a little easier this turkey day — plus, free coffee. AAA is predicting more than 55 million people across the country will travel at least 50 miles from home for the holiday, behind only...

At least one person was seriously injured in a multi-car crash in Wilmington, Massachusetts, early Sunday morning. The crash happened off Exit 38 on Interstate 93 northbound at 1:42 a.m. Multiple vehicles and a tractor trailer were involved in the accident. Troopers discovered a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, driven by a 21-year-old Woburn man, struck a 2011 Chevy Malibu, driven…

MBTA officials said Monday that a June derailment on the Red Line was caused by a fractured axle, three months after the incident caused major delays. Officials said poor electrical connectivity between a ground brush and ground ring caused stray electrical arcing on the surface of the axle. Over time, this weakened the axle and led to the failure.

One woman has died after she was ejected from the vehicle she was traveling in and then hit by another vehicle in a two-car accident on a Massachusetts highway late Friday night. State police say 22-year-old Erica Hopkins, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, died Saturday at Rhode Island Hospital. The crash happened Friday around 11 p.m. on Interstate 95 in Attleboro.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is demanding answers from the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles, which ignored Connecticut’s warnings about the record of the truck driver allegedly at fault in the crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire this June. Tranportation department officials met with their counterparts at the RMV Wednesday to discuss improving state-to-state records amid several...

MassDOT is scheduled to hold a meeting with RMV officials to improve state-to-state driving records in wake of the deadly New Hampshire crash that killed seven motorcyclists.

A rollover crash involving a tractor-trailer in Millbury, Massachusetts has resulted in two interstate ramps being closed. The east and west ramps of Interstate 90 have been closed at Exit 10A until further notice, according to MassDOT. It is unclear when the ramps will reopen.

Now that construction on the Tobin Bridge has commenced, drivers faced their first morning commute with the new daily lane closure that will be in effect for at least the next two years. The Tuesday morning commute into Boston went smoothly, despite one lane being shut down on the bridge for the project. The project aims to repair the 60-year-old...

Starting Monday night, lane closures will take effect and heavy delays are anticipated as crews work on rehabilitating the Tobin Bridge. One northbound lane of the bridge will be closed during the day and two lanes will be closed at night for the duration of the project, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation warns. The project aims to repair the 60-year-old...

Lane closures will take effect and heavy delays are anticipated beginning Monday night on the Tobin Bridge, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

Monday morning’s disorienting snow created a nightmare of a commute for early drivers and caused about thousands of power outages across Massachusetts. More than 15,000 Massachusetts residents were without power during the peak of the storm Monday morning, according to MEMA. As of 9:45 a.m., that number was brought down to 4,760.