SALISBURY β A state trooper was seriously injured when his cruiser was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 95, state police said.
Josue Levi Cuevas Santana of Lawrence was issued a criminal summons for negligent operation, speeding, using a mobile device while driving and failure to move over for an emergency vehicle after the crash Saturday in Salisbury, state police said.
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SALISBURY β A state trooper was seriously injured when his cruiser was struck by a vehicle driven by a Lawrence man, state police said.
Josue Levi Cuevas Santana was issued a criminal summons for negligent operation, speeding, using a mobile device while driving and failure to move over for an emergency vehicle after the crash Saturday on Interstate 95 in Salisbury, state police said.
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BOSTON β Massachusetts is among a minority of states where you can lose your driverβs license for unpaid parking tickets, tolls and other minor violations.
But advocates want to change that. A proposal on Beacon Hill would effectively end debt-based driving restrictions by prohibiting the state Registry of Motor Vehicles from suspending driversβ licenses over unpaid fines for non-criminal infractions.
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GLOUCESTER β Merlin Hunt Jr. went out of his way to help others, whether it was part of his Tallyβs towing business or just wanting to assist someone in need.
A Marine Corps veteran from Gloucester, he spent six years serving his country during the Vietnam War, likely changing him in ways that most people cannot fathom.
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WESTWOOD β As 2025 comes to a close, AAA Northeast urges those who plan to take part in year-end holiday celebrations to designate a sober driver.
In December 2023, 1,038 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes nationwide β with more than a quarter of those fatalities occurring during the Christmas and New Year holiday periods according to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nighttime driving is significantly more dangerous than daytime driving: 30% of drivers involved in fatal crashes between 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. were drunk.
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BOSTON β MBTA commuter rail trains will not service North Station most weekends between Jan. 1 and the end of April, with shuttle buses set to run between Swampscott and North Station on the Newburyport/Rockport line, officials said.
Trains will continue to travel between Rockport and Swampscott, and between Newburyport and Swampscott, said Keolis Commuter Services, the company that operates the commuter rail for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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A group of public safety vehicles gathered with emergency lights flashing in the parking lot at Nichols Candies off Route 128 on Thursday night, raising questions on social media about what was happening. Authorities are saying the incident was relatedβ¦
To mark National Older Driver Safety Awareness Week from Dec. 1-5, AAA Northeast is spotlighting the rising number of fatal traffic crashes involving older drivers across the United States.
Between 2014 and 2023, the population of people 65 and older in the United States increased by 28%. During this same time, the number of older drivers involved in fatal crashes increased by 41%, while the number of older licensed drivers increased by 38%.
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A trek by state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and local leaders over the bridge to Connecticut recently may make Bay State highways safer from wrong-way drivers.
Tarrβs visit to the Connecticut Department of Transportationβs Highway Operations Center in Newington to see a potential technological solution to the problem comes after a driver is accused of heading north on Route 128 south on the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge and colliding with a car carrying four young adult Gloucester residents.
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ROCKPORT β A New Hampshire man is being held without bail, accused of attempting to trying to a Rockport residentβs vehicle by force.
Todd Andrew Wilbur, 42, of Derry, N.H., was arrested at 6:46 a.m. Wednesday on Story Street on charges of carjacking and assault and battery, according to a police log entry.
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