Four people were injured today in Massachusetts today when a manhole exploded and let out a spray of steaming water that may have contained asbestos. The water hit all four injury victims. The injury accident occurred in Boston near a building at the corners of Summer and Redding. Boston Emergency…
Reports made to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) show that the number of serious injuries and deaths caused by over-the-counter medicine and prescription drugs grew significantly between 1998 and 2005. Out of the 467,809 drug-related injuries and fatalities, nearly half of these cases could be attributed to 51 drugs.…
An inbound Green Line trolley and a flatbed truck crossing the trolley tracks near Coolidge Corner collided on Tuesday. The crash caused the truck to flip onto its side across the tracks on Beacon Street. Fuel was spilled onto the road. The trolley was carrying 200 passengers and traveling at…
Authorities and investigators for Massachusetts and Essex County have determined that the death of 11-year-old Timothy DiLeo at Tenney Grammar School in Methuen was an accident. No criminal charges will therefore be filed in the case. DiLeo died after a heavy metal gate fell on him. His 8-year-old brother, Andrew,…
The new changes to the Junior Operator License Law takes effect today. The revised law mandates that driving students must log in more driving time with driving teachers and parents. Parents of teen drivers will also spend two hours in class learning about the driver’s education program. The changes will…
A 56-year-old South End female pedestrian who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident when she was 6 years old has lost her leg in another hit-and-run accident. Donna Mills had her leg amputated on August 1 after she was hit by a tractor-trailer while crossing Huntington Avenue near Symphony…
The Us Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that it is recalling over 300,000 Chinese-made toys and jewelry for children. The CPSC cited excessive levels of lead as the reason for the recalls. Approximately 250,000 SpongeBob SquarePants journals and address books (that may have excessive levels of lead paint on…
A 77-year-old Cape Cod man died early this morning in a traffic collision on Lower County Road in Dennis, Massachusetts. Albert Alissi died at the accident scene after being hit by a 1999 Mercury Sable being driven by Dennisport resident Todd Jenkins, 42. Jenkins then hit a hydrant, which caused…
A construction worker was injured a construction site at Pelham Road in Salem, Massachusetts, last week after the scissor lift that he was riding in tipped backward and fell to the ground. Semir Mehmedoxic, 20, fell out of the bucket. As of last Saturday, he was being treated at Beth…
Mattel issued a recall today of its toys with small magnets and toys made in China that have hazardous lead paint. It is the toymaker’s second recall this month. The world’s largest toymaker says it is recalling some 436,000 toys, including die-cast toy vehicles that feature the Pixar movie character…