A bicyclist was seriously injured and transported to MGH after he collided with an MBTA bus around 7:20am at the intersection of Federal and Washington Streets in Salem (near Salem District Court). According to reports, the bicyclist was a 47-year-old male from Salem, and he apparently collided with the right…
With the summer months approaching, it is important to remember that leaving a child in a car for an extended period of time can result in hyperthermia, which can lead to death by heatstroke. While it may seem common sense for a driver to make sure that no one is…
A young man from Fall River, Massachusetts, was killed yesterday following a motorcycle crash in Dartmouth, Massachusetts at the intersection of Milton and Sharp streets. Thirty-two-year-old Stephen Adams and his 32-year-old female passenger were transported to Rhode Island Hospital, both in critical condition after the crash. Adams died shortly after.…
A 45-year-old Peabody man died today after falling from the window of a nursing home in Danvers, Massachusetts. According to reports, James Hussien fell from a second-floor window at the Hunt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The accident is under investigation. This is an incredibly tragic accident and the specifics-for example,…
A Massachusetts native died at about 6:30pm Friday in a skydiving accident in Florida. According to news reports, Jason Eisenzopf was a 30-year-old native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He worked in Maine as a skydiving instructor at Skydive New England in England, but had been in Florida for his second winter…
WellCare Health Plans Inc. has consented to pay $137.5 million to settle four whistleblower lawsuits filed against it over allegations of fraudulent Medicaid and Medicare claims. The health care provider is accused of falsely inflating the amount it claimed to have spent on medical care so it wouldn’t have return…
Answers are still being sought and an arrest demanded in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26. The deadly altercation between the black 17-year-old and a white 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in a gated Florida community has people wondering how big of a role racism has…
A Massachusetts car accident on the Martha’s Vineyard estate of Caroline Kennedy has claimed the lives of two people. Caroline inherited the property from her mom Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The Martha’s Vineyard auto crash happened on the Aquinnah estate at around midday on March 23 when the driver of a…
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…
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…