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Should West Bridgewater Taxpayers Pick Up Tab for Town Administrator's Personal Vehicle Repair?
Howard Dempsey recalled how he was about to open his antique store for business one morning last October. “Somebody knocked on the door and came in and asked whether I had video coverage of the parking area,” said Dempsey, a West Bridgewater business owner of more than 40 years. “He said his car had just been keyed.” That person was…
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Driver Killed in Crash on Route 24 in West Bridgewater
A 43-year-old man has been identified by police was the person killed in the cash.
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Driver Killed in Crash on Route 24 in West Bridgewater, State Police Say
The driver of an SUV died early Friday morning following a crash along Route 24 North in West Bridgewater, according to Massachusetts State Police. State police responded to the crash, which involved just the Ford SUV, shortly after 3 a.m., along a stretch of highway before Route 106, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed to NBC10 Boston. An investigation shows…
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Dump Truck Stuck Under Overpass in West Bridgewater
The bucket of a dump truck got stuck under an overpass in West Bridgewater early Wednesday morning. The crash occurred after 4 a.m. Wednesday on the northbound side of Route 24 by the West Street overpass, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The bridge didn’t appear to be seriously damaged, MassDOT said. The scene was cleared by around 5:30…
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Feds Investigating Tesla Crashes With First Responders, Including Mass. Trooper
The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles, including a 2019 crash involving a Massachusetts state trooper while he was pulled over on the highway.
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Teenager Missing Over a Week From West Bridgewater, Mass., Is Found, Police Say
A 16-year-old girl who had been reported missing in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was found, local police said Friday. She had last been seen on March 3, West Bridgewater police said Thursday. But the department said Friday that she’d been located by detectives. No further information was given.
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2-Alarm Fire Destroys Motorcycle Repair Shop in West Bridgewater
A large fire broke out in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, destroying a building containing dozens of motorcycles.
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Woman, 21, Fatally Struck on Route 24 After Crashing, Exiting Vehicle: Police
A 21-year-old Massachusetts woman was fatally struck by a vehicle on Route 24 in West Bridgewater after crashing into a median and exiting her vehicle, authorities said. According to state police, the woman crashed her Toyota Camry into the median dividing the northbound and southbound sides of the road before the vehicle came to rest in the middle of the…
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Federal Government Investigating Tesla Crash in Massachusetts
The federal government is probing a crash that happened when a Tesla slammed into a Massachusetts State Police vehicle and a Holbrook college student’s SUV while they were stopped on Route 24 in West Bridgewater last December. As the NBC10 Investigators first reported in June, the driver of the Tesla told police his car was in Autopilot at the time…
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Maine Man Convicted of 1996 Sexual Assault in Massachusetts
A man who fled to Maine where he lived under an alias for years has been convicted of raping a woman in Massachusetts in 1996. Ivan Keith, 62, formerly of Bridgewater and Seal Cove, Maine, pleaded guilty Thursday in Brockton Superior Court to charges including rape and kidnapping, The Enterprise of Brockton reported.
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Trooper, Woman Injured in 2 Crashes Involving State Police Cruisers
Three Massachusetts State Police vehicles were hit within an hour of each other in separate incidents Monday night, leaving two troopers and one other person with injuries, authorities said. The first incident occurred at Route 24 northbound in West Bridgewater just after 10 p.m, after a state trooper pulled over a vehicle. At that time, a third vehicle — a…
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Mass. Man Who Saved 4 From Burning Car Receives 9/11 Courage Award
A Massachusetts man who saved four people from a fiery crash in West Bridgewater earlier this year on Wednesday received a courage award given annually on September 11. Ross Dugan was awarded the Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery Wednesday during a ceremony at the State House to mark the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
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Authorities Investigating Overnight Fatal Crash in West Bridgewater
Authorities are investigating an overnight fatal crash on Route 24 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. State police say it happened just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes, just south of exit 16.
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Route 24 Fiery Car Crash West Bridgewater
A car was fully engulfed in flames following a crash on Route 24 in West Bridgewater on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019..
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Good Samaritan Rescues 4 People From Fiery Crash on Route 24 in West Bridgewater
A Good Samaritan who helped four people escape a fiery crash in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is speaking out about his heroic efforts. Ross Dugan, who worked the overnight shift for the T, was driving home Wednesday around 6:30 a.m. when he saw a four-car crash happen on near Exit 16A on Route 24. He says he then saw the Honda...
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Driver Identified in Fatal West Bridgewater Crash
Police say Ruth Nickerson, 70, was killed in the accident that occurred at 8:20 a.m. on Route 24 northbound, between Exit 16 and Exit 17.
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Elderly Woman Killed in West Bridgewater Crash
Massachusetts State Police responded to a fatal rollover crash at 8:20 a.m.
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Government Employees Expected to Receive Back Pay Within Days
A White House official said Friday that the Trump administration is taking steps to ensure back pay is issued as soon as possible to the roughly 800,000 furloughed employees who went without paychecks during the government shutdown, NBC News reported. President Donald Trump announced Friday that the government would re-open through Feb. 15 while negotiations on border security funding continue.
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2 Seriously Injured in West Bridgewater Rollover
Two people were seriously injured in a rollover in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts early Saturday morning.
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Man Recovering After Shooting on Route 24
A man was shot on Route 24 in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.