So we’re nearing the end of April and bike season is officially back. Motivated by the improving weather-what a glorious spring day today!-and by the athletic feats of Monday’s marathoners, the city is alive with bike riders with a variety of levels, intensities, and goals. But bikers, beware! Boston and…
According to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of Massachusetts had the lowest pediatric death rate among all the US states in 2009 at 4 child deaths per 100,000 kids (age 19 and under). The national average for that year was 11 deaths/…
A husband and wife, both age 67, were crossing the street on Will Drive in front of their home in Canton on Thursday night around 8:40pm when they were hit by a 21-year-old male from Acushnet who was driving an Infiniti G35. According to reports, the couple was transported to…
The criminal trial of the man accused of fatally striking a Framingham highway worker is about to start. Jeremy Gardner faces the criminal charges of motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving. According to police, Gardner, 31, fatally struck Gregory Vilidnitsky, 57, on Route 9 on September 14, 2010. At the…
Police are investigating a deadly Barnstable County, Massachusetts traffic accident that claimed the life of 47-year-old Diane Cole. They believe that both Cole and the driver of the GMC pickup truck she had been riding in on Friday afternoon, 69-year-old Dennis Maskell, had been drinking. According to witnesses, on Friday…
An hit-and-run accident this week in Fall River left a 52-year-old woman with a broken leg and other serious injuries. Police allege that 32-year-old Antonio Martis hit Donna Adams as she was crossing the street after leaving a bakery, got out of the car and looked at her, then backed…
According to media reports, an elderly woman struck a Concord family on Commonwealth Avenue in Concord around 9 a.m. on Saturday, sending the family to the hospital and causing serious injuries to the 20-month-old child who was being pushed in a stroller at the time. The mother, 39-year-old Laura Labriola,…
Police have charged Lisa Leavitt with motor vehicle homicide while intoxicated and negligent driving in the Haverhill pedestrian accident that claimed the life of Karen LaPierre early Sunday morning. At the time, LaPierre, 63, was loading her car with doughnuts she had picked up to bring to church for morning…
Last week, our Boston injury lawyers published a blog post about a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study on text messaging and cell phone use while driving. As evidenced by the number of distracted driving fatalities that happened in 2010, too many people are dying because there are drivers…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published its 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, and our Boston injury lawyers are pleased to report that the latest figures show that last year saw a drop in Massachusetts motor vehicle crash deaths. There were 314 traffic fatalities in the state in 2010,…