On Sunday, a motor vehicle accident on Route 18 in New Bedford involving three vehicles sent several people to Boston and Providence hospitals with serious injuries. Four of the auto accident victims, including two 2-year-old boys, were taken to hospitals by medical helicopter. Police reports indicate that the car crash…
Massachusetts drivers have a reputation for being aggressive, but a recent study found that Bay State motorists are not the worst in the country (nor as they the best). The GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test assessed the driving knowledge of thousands of motorists, quizzing them on 20 questions from actual…
Yesterday, two Boston Police officers were injured in separate motorcycle crashes on Warren Street in Roxbury. The accidents occurred within minutes of each other and just six blocks from each other. According to a department spokesperson, the first crash occurred around 10:25am. An off-duty officer riding his own motorcycle was…
Earlier today, several motor vehicle accidents on Interstate 93 in Massachusetts and New Hampshire caused delays for many drivers. The first accident involved a motorcycle and was called in around 4:30am after the cyclist struck a deer. Another motorcycle accident occurred an hour later when a New Hampshire man crashed…
On Saturday morning around 9am, a Massachusetts woman was killed in a motorcycle accident after reportedly driving her 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle off Route 101 and hitting a guardrail. Police say the 60-year-old woman was traveling west when the accident occurred. She was taken by ambulance to Milford Medical Center,…
Over the past several months, Massachusetts newspapers and other media have been buzzing about the proposed bill that would ban text messaging behind the wheel. A bill targeting distracted drivers was first introduced six years ago. Several car accidents have occurred in Massachusetts as a result of distracted drivers (not…
Monday marked the start of Bay State Bike Week, and the annual event kicked off on a somber note after a Colorado man died in a Newton bike accident near city hall. Police said the 21-year-old bicyclist collided with a 2007 Honda SUV after the bicyclist ran a red light.…
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, have created and tested a computer-based training program that would improve hazard anticipation in younger drivers. Inexperienced motorists are more likely to be involved a car accident compared to other groups, and the researchers determined in previous research that this propensity is due…
Last week, a motor vehicle collision on a Massachusetts military reservation injured two drivers. According to state police, their vehicles collided at the intersection of Generals Boulevard and Richardson Road around 6:30am. The auto accident involved a Nissan Pathfinder driven by a 25-year-old Braintree man and a Honda Civic driven…
Earlier this week, a Hampton Fall Police officer was dragged by a Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck after the officer had stopped the truck for a violation on Route 84. The officer successfully freed himself from the truck, but he later found the same vehicle after it had crashed one mile…