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.…
A pedestrian suffered a serious injury after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident. Worcester police responded to a Summer Street residence after reports a man was struck by a small, white, foreign vehicle. Witnesses told police that the victim flew onto the hood of the vehicle before…
A woman died in East Boston on Tuesday when the Meridian Street Bridge, also referred to as the Andrew McArdle Bridge, closed on top of her. Boston police are trying to figure out exactly what happened to cause the Massachusetts pedestrian accident. Aura Garcia was crossing the bridge when it…
A young boy was seriously injured after being struck by a tree, in a relative’s backyard last week. According to witness reports, a group of adults and children were hooking a zipline to a tree in a back yard. When the boy went on the zipline, the 25-30 foot tree…
A court has ruled that Jai McMath, the 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead following complications from a tonsillectomy, can stay hooked up to a ventilator for at least another week. The decision was issued right before the 8pm, ET deadline Monday for when Children’s Hospital & Research Center…