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Chicken truck goes through median on Mass. Pike, driver seriously injured
There were significant traffic delays on the Massachusetts Turnpike on Tuesday morning due to a crash in Charlton, state troopers said shortly before 10 a.m. The crash involved multiple vehicles — including a tractor-trailer that went through the median, troopers said. State police said they initially responded to reports of a serious crash between a M2106 box truck and a…
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American Airlines passenger claims she found camera placed in plane bathroom
The attorney for the family of a teen girl who allegedly discovered a camera in a bathroom aboard a Boston-bound aircraft earlier this month is speaking out about the “outrageous act.”
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Video shows moment driver drags Massachusetts state trooper while fleeing traffic stop
A driver dragged a Massachusetts state trooper Wednesday evening in Brockton, police said Thursday, hours before catching the wanted man.
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Missing Mass. Woman's Husband Arrested Amid Investigation Into Her Disappearance
Authorities wrapped up their search efforts Saturday night that were concentrated near the home of a missing mom from Cohasset, Massachusetts, but the investigation into Ana Walshe’s disappearance continues.
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Man Wanted for Deadly 1991 Attleboro Stabbing Arrested at Shrimp Farm in Guatemala
Bristol County prosecutors received an international arrest warrant, Massachusetts State Police said, and Mario Garcia, now 50, was taken into custody at the shrimp farm after trying to get away through the water.
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Mass. School Bus Driver Held on $5K Bail on OUI, Child Endangerment Charges
A Massachusetts school bus driver was allegedly driving under the influence Thursday evening with dozens of students on board, state police said.
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Police Investigating Road Rage Stabbing on I-93 in Boston
Massachusetts State Police are investigating a road rage incident involving a motor vehicle crash followed by a stabbing in the O’Neill Tunnel on Interstate 93 south in Boston early Monday morning. The incident occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in the O’Neill Tunnel southbound at the Government Center exit. A state police spokesman said the details are vague at this...
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Passengers Shaken After Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Logan Airport
A flight en route to Germany was forced to make an emergency landing at Boston’s Logan Airport late Monday night after smoke was discovered in the cockpit, according to officials. Lufthansa Flight No. 403 took off from Newark, New Jersey, and was on its way to Frankfurt when a “technical irregularity” caused some smoke in the cabin, the airline told…
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Police Identify Man, Woman From Conn. Killed in Crash on I-290 in Worcester
Two people died when their pickup truck rolled over in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 290 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Saturday morning, police said. The truck’s occupants, a man and woman from New Britain, Connecticut, were found by troopers at the scene with serious injuries, and paramedics who arrived declared them dead, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The victims who…
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Suspect Found Dead, Police K-9 Shot Dead During Standoff in Fitchburg, Mass.
A wanted man who barricaded himself inside a home in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on Tuesday shot and killed a police K-9 before apparently fatally shooting himself, according to Massachusetts State Police. State police said the incident began in the morning. The suspect, identified as Matthew Mack, 38, was wanted on charges tied to a shooting earlier this month and investigators had…
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Bear That Was Stranded on I-495 Median in Mass. Later Died
A bear that stopped traffic on Interstate 495 in southern Massachusetts last week later died despite efforts to save it. The bear had appeared to be injured and was stranded in a highway median in Raynham on June 23. The highway was briefly shut as authorities worked to get the animal tranquilized and moved to safety. But the bear died…
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Bear Stranded on I-495 Median Briefly Shuts Highway in Mass.
A bear that appeared to be injured was stranded in a highway median in Raynham, Massachusetts, Thursday morning, and the highway was briefly shut as authorities worked to get the animal to safety. The bear was stuck on the side of Interstate 495, apparently in a grove of trees near which officials could be seen, some with guns — it…
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Woman Arrested in Stolen Police Cruiser After Leading Officers on Chase Into Boston
A woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after leading Massachusetts state troopers on a chase down Interstate 93 into Boston in a Malden police cruiser that was stolen in front of the city’s police headquarters hours earlier. When Malden police realized shortly before midnight that the cruiser was stolen, they issued an alert, and soon afterward, the cruiser was seen…