Fifteen TSA workers complained about sickness this morning after a strange smell escaped from an open bag in the Logan Airport Terminal A baggage room. Officials declared a hazardous materials situation in the baggage room and state police, fire department, and a bomb-sniffing dog were brought to the scene. The…
With Spring underway, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to remind drivers that there are risks involved with driving a 15-passenger van. These vehicles have been involved in some very catastrophic traffic crashes, one reason being that with so many passengers able to ride in these vans, the number…
With record-breaking temperatures yesterday, Massachusetts residents poured outside to enjoy the sunshine and summer temperatures. Walkers, runners, bicyclists, rollerbladers, picnickers, and beach-goers (including kids playing hooky from school) were seen in droves. Unfortunately, the day did not end as gloriously for all. According to news reports, on Wednesday evening around…
According to news reports, a serious bus crash today in Marshfield on Route 3A caused two individuals to be MedFlighted to trauma centers for help. A full sized school bus apparently crashed into a Ford station wagon that had run a stop sign at an intersection. The two seriously injured…
Somehow, vacation accidents strike an even more painful chord in our hearts than other types of accidents. A vacation is a time to escape from the stresses of daily life and relax. For some, vacation means snow-covered mountains, skiing, and snowboarding. For many others, vacation means sunshine, pools, tropical cruises,…
This has been a glorious day for most people in the Boston area, with high temperatures drawing walkers, bikers, runners, and dog-walkers out into the sunshine. The day also held hopes of being a great one for motorcyclists to speed along in in one of the first warm breezes of…
According to news reports, a woman from Hopkinton, Massachusetts was seriously injured in a snowmobiling accident near Jackman, Maine on Thursday. Apparently, the 46-year-old woman was snowmobiling with a group of people, but then she was unable to make a right-hand turn, veered off the trail and crashed into the…
In recent years, student incited violence has made national headlines as injuries and deaths have resulted. From the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 to the suicide of Phoebe Prince, the South Hadley High School girl who was bullied online in 2010, the country has been a witness to how…
Bobby Jenks, the Red Sox relief pitcher, claims that a Boston medical mistake during spinal surgery caused him to have to undergo an emergency procedure 18 days later. Now, Jenks may not be able to pitch this season. Jenks underwent spinal decompression surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital last December. The…
A judge has upheld the $20M Andover wrongful death verdict awarded to the family of a woman who died after she was injured while going down an inflatable pool slide. Robin Aleo, 29, sustained fatal injuries when the slide partially collapsed as she descended head first and she struck her…