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Last Friday in Mansfield, Massachusetts, a female pedestrian was hit and killed by a high-speed Amtrak Acela train. Police have not publicly identified the train accident victim by name, but she was reportedly a 55-year-old Mansfield woman.

The train was traveling from Boston to New York City to Washington, DC when the accident occurred at around 3:40pm, shutting the track down for close to 40 minutes. After that, trains were permitted to use the track at reduced speeds, but the train accident did cause delays during the Friday afternoon commute.

The train accident occurred on Track 1, where riders wait to board the trains. However, it is illegal to be on the tracks and several warning signs are posted. The nature of the accident was unknown as of Saturday; however the Massachusetts Transit Police is leading an investigation of the accident.

Police seek clues in train fatality, The Sun Chronicle, November 9, 2008

Person killed by train in Mansfield, Boston Herald, November 8, 2008

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In Fall River, Massachusetts, a car crash on Route 24 killed an elderly woman driving a 1997 Pontiac Sunfire.

Evelyn Rebello, 85, of Fall River, reportedly lost control of her car and struck the guardrail, veering right across several lanes of traffic and stopping in the breakdown lane.

Emergency crews transported the car crash victim to Rhode Island Hospital. She suffered serious injuries and died the day after the auto accident.

The Massachusetts State Police are investigating the fatal crash.

Woman dies in Fall River car crash, EyeWitnessNewsTV.com, September 30, 2008

State Police investigate fatal crash on Route 24 in Fall River, SouthCoastToday.com, September 30, 2008

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A bicyclist who was hit by a police car in Everett, Massachusetts last week has been taken off life support. An officer whose name has not been released was responding to a 911 call when he hit Reda Rouf, 19, of Everett, near the intersection of Ferry and Glendale streets.

Those who witnessed the accident said Rouf was riding at high speed into the intersection before the police cruiser hit him. The driver immediately helped the victim after he was hit. Rouf remains in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Everett police told WBZ-TV that the 911 call was for an unrelated accident. The officer involved in the accident has been placed on paid administrative leave while the accident is under investigation.

Cyclist Hit By Police Car Taken Off Life Support, WBZTV.com, September 18, 2008

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In Barnstable, Massachusetts, a 24-year old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by motor vehicle. Michael Catarius has admitted he was drunk when he caused a car accident that killed two men. Prior to the crash, Catarius had left a party in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

The car accident victims were Michael Warren, 26, a passenger, and Edward Kipp, 48, who was driving a pick-up truck. Prosecutors claimed Catarius barreled through a locked gate after guards stopped him at the Massachusetts Military Reservation in July 2007. He then ran a red light, hit a car, and became airborne, hitting Kipp’s pickup truck.

Last Friday at Barntable Superior Court, Catarius was sentenced to seven to ten years in prison.

Cape man pleads guilty in crash that killed 2, Boston Herald, September 20, 2008

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In Attleboro, Massachusetts, a 24-year old driver of a sport utility vehicle died after colliding with a Jeep on Thatcher Street last Wednesday night.

Randy Cummings was driving east on Thatcher Street around 11:45 pm when he rear-ended the Jeep, which was driven by Sean M. Caponigro, 31, of Attleboro. Cummings’ car continued several hundred feet before hitting a cement wall. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the car accident.

Police suspect that Cummings may have been speeding and may have been driving under the influence of alcohol, but they will not know more until they receive the results of the toxicology tests and work with state police reconstruction experts to determine how fast he was driving.

The motor vehicle accident is under investigation by Massachusetts state police detectives and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office.

Police: Speed caused crash, The Sun-Chronicle, September 12, 2008

Somersworth man dies in Mass. car crash, Fosters.com, September 12, 2008

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A driver from North Weymouth, Massachusetts was killed in a car crash on Route 1 last month. Jason Gambon’s black Nissan sedan swerved to the left, crossed the center line, and hit an 18-wheel tractor trailer head-on around 7:10pm on Tuesday, August 26. According to reports, the driver of the tractor-trailer did not sustain any serious injuries.

Emergency crews had to use hydraulic rescue tools to extricate the injured driver from his car. The road was closed for several hours and Gambon, 24, was taken by ambulance to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The reason that Gambon swerved and hit the tractor-trailer is still under investigation. An unnamed witness said that the two vehicles were very badly damaged. The witness said, “nobody’s going to walk away from that.”

Massachusetts man killed in North Hampton crash, Seacoastonline.com, August 29, 2008

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The town of Wayland, Massachusetts was hit by tragedy last week. Marie Martino, 80, of Wayland was hit by a car on Thursday night while trying to cross a street in Wayland.

A Wayland ambulance took the car accident victim to MetroWest Medical Center in Natick, where she was pronounced dead around 9pm.

The driver of the gray Ford van that hit Martino has been identified as Lawrence Vannerderynen of Natick, Massachusetts. As of late last week, no charges have been filed.

Meanwhile, in Hudson, Massachusetts, Jayne E. Lombardo, 44, was hit by a car around the same time. She was taken to St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, but as of last week, her condition was still unknown.

Woman identified in Wayland fatal crash, WickedLocal.com, September 5, 2008

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Last year, a Massachusetts woman crashed her car into Brockton Hospital, killing a doctor and a secretary and seriously injuring a radiation therapist at the hospital. A wrongful death lawsuit against the driver, 77-year-old Jane Bergland, of Rockland, has already been dropped after a settlement was reached out of court.

Now several of Bergland’s doctors face potential lawsuits for failing to warn their patient, who was taking insulin for diabetes, among other medications, that her medication might impair her ability to drive. She was also taking powerful painkillers and undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

Less than a year ago, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled in a similar case that a Brockton doctor could be sued for failing to warn a patient about the potential side effects of prescriptions. That case is scheduled to go to trial in November. The newer case against Bergland’s doctors is still going through the legal process.

Driver’s doctors sued over fatal Brockton Hospital crash, WickedLocal.com, September 6, 2008

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According to Leicester, Massachusetts police, an elderly couple died last week as the result of a head-on car crash on Route 9. Russel Mosman, 83, and his wife, Dorothy, 89, of North Brookfield, Massachusetts were struck by an eastbound car driven by Adwoa Gyamfi of Worcester, Massachusetts.

After the crash at the intersection of Route 9 and Town Beach Road, emergency medical personnel transported Russell Mosman to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.

Dorothy Mosman was pronounced dead at the hospital soon after the car accident. Gyamfi was also transported to the hospital, but local police report that her injuries are not considered serious.

The motor vehicle accident is under investigation, butso far no one has been charged.

Elderly couple die in car crash, Boston Herald, August 29, 2008

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