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Category: Car Accidents

Chain-reaction accident temporarily closes interstate

Around 2:50 p.m. on September 10, five people suffered minor injuries in an accident that happened on the Braga Bridge in Fall River, Massachusetts. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 195 were clogged for about 45 minutes after the accident, but the middle lane was reopened after two of the eastbound lanes had been shut down.

Massachusetts tractor-trailer accident injures 1

Local law enforcement officials reported an accident involving a semi-truck and a sport-utility vehicle that happened in Mansfield around 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 22 injured the driver of the SUV. An ambulance transported the SUV driver to a hospital in Providence. The driver of the semitrailer was not harmed.

18 injured when car strikes bus in Massachusetts crash

Eighteen people, including a bus driver, suffered injuries in an Aug. 12 accident involving an MBTA bus and a car. Police believed that drug use played a role in the car accident and arrested the car’s driver, a 30-year-old Franklin man who had two previous arrests for operating under the influence.

Multi-vehicle accident injures 9

Nine people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Massachusetts on Aug. 10. Charges have not yet been filed, but both Leominster and Lancaster police are investigating the accident.

3 injured in rollover car accident; driver detained

A representative for the Massachusetts State Police said that three people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Chicopee during the morning hours of July 26. The driver who was involved was arrested and faces various charges in the car accident.

Rental agencies suspected issues before GM recall

Massachusetts drivers may be paying attention to reports of recent recalls by General Motors. Apparently, some rental car companies brought concerns to the automaker’s attention well in advance of the large wave of recent problems. In fact, one rental company alerted GM to concerns at least seven years earlier.

Massachusetts accident results in DUI arraignment

A 53-year-old man was arraigned July 25 in connection with an alleged drunk-driving accident in November. The man is facing charges of motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence and manslaughter by motor vehicle.

2-car crash in Massachusetts injures 5

Five people were injured when two vehicles collided in Tyngsboro around 3:30 p.m. on July 25. The accident occurred at the intersection of Kendall and Middlesex Roads near the western side of Tyngsboro Bridge and significantly damaged both vehicles.