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Tour bus driver to be charged in Boston crash that injured 33

On behalf of posted in Commercial Vehicle Accidents on Thursday April 11, 2013

Massachusetts state police announced earlier this week that a tour bus driver involved in the February accident on Soldier's Field Road that injured 33 passengers will be criminally charged. You might recall that the Pennsylvania tour bus slammed into a bridge overpass on its way home from a visit to Harvard University. The 67-year-old Philadelphia driver will face charges of driving to endanger, failing to obey a sign on a Department of Conservation and Recreation roadway, and operating a bus on a Department of Conservation and Recreation roadway. In the immediate aftermath of the accident, the driver and tour bus company owner…

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Mansfield man suspected of speeding in fatal car crash

On behalf of posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Tuesday April 9, 2013

Law enforcement officials say they are still investigating a fatal car accident early yesterday morning involving a man from Mansfield, Massachusetts. A Vermont woman was killed in the collision just after midnight in Claremont, New Hampshire. "Speed appears to have been a factor and everything else is under investigation," Claremont's police chief said. Officials said a 29-year-old Mansfield man was driving his Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck on the town's main street when the vehicle swerved into the opposite lane and slammed into a minivan driven by a 42-year-old Vermont woman. She died later in the day of injuries sustained in the collision.…

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Parents file suit against preschool over ‘hogtied’ two-year-old

On behalf of posted in Premises Liability on Thursday April 4, 2013

Sometimes parents' efforts to provide the best for their children go horribly wrong. Look at the recent case of parents far from Boston who chose a church preschool for their two-year-old daughter. The California parents have filed legal claims against the school for failing to provide adequate security, among other allegations, after their daughter was "hogtied" by an unlicensed teacher who then sent the girl's mother a photo of the trussed toddler. The little girl was apparently being punished by the unlicensed teacher for failing to sleep during naptime at the Contra Costa County preschool. The parents state in court documents…

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East Boston man killed in pedestrian accident this morning

On behalf of posted in Pedestrian Accidents on Wednesday April 3, 2013

A 67-year-old maintenance worker was killed this morning when he was struck by a vehicle as he crossed a Cambridge street. The Edwin H. Land Boulevard pedestrian accident was around 5:15 this morning, law enforcement officials said. The East Boston man had just gotten off of work for a cleaning company that is contracted by the Royal Sonesta Hotel. He was headed home, officials said, when he was struck by a 2006 Hyundai Sonata driven by a 40-year-old Cambridge resident. The driver was not injured. Massachusetts State Police are investigating the accident with crime units, detectives and accident reconstruction specialists. No charges…

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Police: Massachusetts college student killed in drunk driving crash

On behalf of posted in Fatal Motor Vehicle Accidents on Monday April 1, 2013

A short distance north of Boston sits Gordon College, where students are mourning the loss of a freshman killed by an allegedly drunken driver. The 18-year-old from Middleborough was on Route 44 in southeastern Massachusetts at about two in the morning this past Saturday when the collision occurred. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the Lakeville accident, police said. The other driver, a 23-year-old woman from Middleborough, was driving a Dodge Ram pick-up. She was to be arraigned on vehicular homicide charges in court today. The Gordon College president said in a statement that the death "is a tragedy…

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Cop accused in hit-and-run pedestrian crash

On behalf of posted in Pedestrian Accidents on Wednesday March 27, 2013

Boston media outlets are reporting that a former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of being in a hit-and-run car accident that injured two teenaged pedestrians. The Manchester man was fired from that city's police department after an investigation into the allegations. The 41-year-old is accused of hitting the boys, 17 and 18 years old, and fleeing as one teen lay in the road with head injuries that include bleeding on his brain. The other boy suffered a broken right elbow. He ran to a neighbor's house; the neighbor, a nurse, called 911 and went to help the other boy. Police…

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Massachusetts tree worker injured in fall

On behalf of posted in Workers' Compensation on Tuesday March 26, 2013

A Massachusetts man who works trimming and cutting tree branches was injured on the job yesterday when he fell 25 to 30 feet from the bucket of a work truck. He was flown by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, with what were described as "very serious injuries." The accident was in Duxbury, about 30 miles south of Boston. A captain with the Duxbury Fire Department said the worker appeared to be in his twenties or thirties, but said he didn't know the man's name, exact age or what caused him to fall from the truck's extended boom. The captain said…

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Massachusetts congressman: Allow drivers to opt out of accident info

On behalf of posted in car accidents on Monday March 25, 2013

Now in his eighth term as a congressman representing much of Boston, Rep. Mike Capuano has long championed a privacy rights issue that would enable car owners to turn off the "black box" data recorder in their vehicles. If his proposal is enacted, it would mean that for drivers who disable the box, data newer vehicles record about vehicle speed, braking, etc., would not be available to investigators in the aftermath of a car accident. The event data recorder (EDR) is currently installed in approximately nine out of 10 new vehicles. The boxes collect a wealth of data on vehicle acceleration, airbag…

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Living with traumatic brain injury

On behalf of posted in Traumatic Brain Injury on Friday March 22, 2013

We read recently of a man who lives every day with not only his loving wife, but also the symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Though he's far from us in Boston, his experiences are not far removed from those who suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in a motor vehicle accident, a fall at work, a slip on some stairs, or elsewhere. The Alabama man suffered his TBI as he worked with Alpha Company, part of the 91st Engineer Battalion, in Iraq for a 15-month stretch over 2004 and 2005. He felt the impact of several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in his tour. The…

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Police: Drunk driver hits Weymouth man with car

On behalf of posted in Pedestrian Accidents on Wednesday March 20, 2013

Earlier this week, two men were sitting in a bar about 15 miles south of Boston when one got up around 8:30 p.m. without paying his bill and left the establishment. The 48-year-old went outside and got into his car. The other man, 38 years old, reportedly followed him outside the Weymouth pub and told him to go back in and pay his tab. The first man put his car in reverse and backed up, hitting the second man and pinning him against another vehicle in the parking lot. The pedestrian sustained severe blunt force injuries, according to police. The 48-year-old allegedly…

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