State police are looking for a dump truck driver accused of dropping and leaving a mattress on Route 128 yesterday. The incident resulted in a Massachusetts rear-end crash that resulted in one fatality. The victim, Framingham resident Frida Litvak, was taken to Lahey Clinic were she was declared dead. The…
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has told North American car dealers to discontinue sales of six popular car models with heated seats because the fabric does not comply with U.S. safety codes, and have the potential to catch fire. The order affects 36,000 trucks, cars, and minivans; which equals to nearly…
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is investigating the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth after two mothers died soon after childbirth. The state agency says the probe is “standard protocol” because childbirth-related fatalities don’t happen very often and these two deaths occurred within weeks of one another. The women are…
Playtex has issued a safety recall of 1.4 million pacifier holders over concerns that small children could choke if a part of the clip broke off. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a statement last week saying that the clips, which are used to connect a pacifier to clothing,…
Karen Scott, 58, was killed in a Boston car accident on Tuesday when the ambulance she was being transported in was hit by a car. The ambulance proceeded to roll over before righting itself on a guardrail. Scott, a dialysis patient, leaves behind a husband and two children. According to…
More than half a dozen residents at an apartment building were sent to the emergency room after being exposed to carbon monoxide on Sunday. Manchester, N.H. firefighters responded to the building, where they found dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide. All of the residents were evacuated and sent to a…
The Associated Press says it obtained a document revealing that Pope Benedict XVI defrocked close to 400 priests during 2011 and 2012 for sexually abusing children. The information comes from data the Vatican has been gathering to assist the Holy See’s defense before The U.N. Committee on the Rights of…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning in response to the tragic incident in which two young siblings were found unresponsive after being locked in a hope chest on Sunday evening. According to investigators, the two children had been playing in the chest and accidently locked themselves inside…
Two siblings died on Sunday after they became entrapped in an old hope chest. Lexi Munroe, 8, and Sean Munroe, 7, were pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say that the Franklin, MA entrapment incident appears to be accidental. Autopsy reports are pending. The family had purchased chest secondhand over…
Andrea Rizzitano is suing the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families for the wrongful death of her great-nephew. In her lawsuit, the Waltham woman says the state agency failed to protect Kadyn, 13 months, from his mother, who later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the boy.…