Newbury

The man who was caught in a rushing river Thursday in Newbury, Massachusetts, and died was identified on Friday, hours after his body was recovered. He was identified as Byfield resident David Harwood, 54, by the Essex County District Attorney’s Office and Newbury police. Harwood had been wanted for days after fleeing an arrest at his home Jan. 3, police…

The body of a man who apparently drowned in a fast-moving river in Newbury, Massachusetts, has been recovered, police said Friday. Police and fire crews responded to Parker River shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a report that a man was in the water, which has a rapid-moving current. A bystander tried to go into the river to reach him,…

A woman who reversed her SUV into a farm stand in the village of Byfield in Newbury, Massachusetts, killing a woman and injuring several other people last year, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday. Janet Bach, 71, pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in Newburyport District Court Tuesday. She was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended…

A man was killed and another is facing charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash after their motorcycles collided on Massachusetts Route 1 in Newbury Thursday night, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a motorcycle crash on Route 1 at 7:47 p.m. Thursday, Newbury police said. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to…

Massachusetts troopers and other responders were on scene of the rollover crash, which authorities said involved “serious injuries and entrapment.”

A crash resulted in serious injuries and the closure of northbound traffic on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts Thursday morning, according to state troopers. Massachusetts troopers and other responders were on scene of the rollover crash, which authorities said involved “serious injuries and entrapment.” Two adults were transported with serious injuries. Two medical helicopters landed on the highway for victim…

The powerful storm that hit New England Friday washed away a wall on the first floor of a beachfront house on Massachusetts’ Plum Island, firefighters said Saturday. The already-vacant house on 73rd Street at Reservation Terrace was being monitored by the Newburyport fire and building departments Saturday, according to fire officials. It “has long been a victim of ongoing erosion…

A woman’s windshield was busted up after a piece of concrete fell from a bridge onto her car.