SALISBURY — 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 — 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 — Massachusetts is among a minority of states where you can lose your driver’s 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 drivers’ licenses over unpaid fines for non-criminal infractions.
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GLOUCESTER — Merlin Hunt Jr. went out of his way to help others, whether it was part of his Tally’s 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 — 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 — 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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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.
Tarr’s visit to the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s 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 — A New Hampshire man is being held without bail, accused of attempting to trying to a Rockport resident’s 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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An Italian Redditor spotted something strange on the road recently and took to r/whatisthisthing to get some help identifying it.
“Road transport with a large I-beam shape,” they wrote alongside a photo. “Looks like fiberglass, has a little door in the back. Doesn’t look like cargo, rather it’s part of the transporter. Seen in Tuscany.”
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As it turns out, this kind of oddly-shaped truck is apparently used in advertising. In the photo, it’s being used to promote a restaurant.
Mobile advertising like this has been spreading like a plague. Advertising trucks have been seen in Maine, shilling ferry rides, in the UK, blinding people at night, and selling internet service in Colorado. This light pollution from LED ads is dangerous on roads, as one study revealed. While the truck pictured on Reddit hosts traditional, non-electronic signage, it still hosts advertising, which drives overconsumption.
Unnecessary purchases are a deciding factor not only in overspending but in manufacturing pollution. The energy and material needs upstream and the waste created downstream both pose heavy environmental costs.
By supporting a circular economy instead, it’s possible to save money by giving used items a second life. This can be done via thrifting, repairing the items you own, and donating usable items you’re done with. Some services will even reward you for making those donations, including Trashie, ThredUp, and GotSneakers.
Reddit commenters were certainly annoyed when learning what the oddly-shaped truck was used for, but some had some interesting context to add.
“It’s not meant to be mobile, it’s meant to be parked in strategic places where there’s no billboard or where a fixed structure isn’t allowed or the taxes would be too costly,” said one community member. “I think they are called sail trucks or posterbus.”
“It is curved only for legal reasons. In order to be able to circulate, a ‘sailing truck’ (camion vela) must not have a shape as to be able to carry anything except billboards,” said another. “If the back were parallelepiped, even if it had no doors or access, it would be illegal. Or rather it should be registered as a van and therefore to carry advertising it should pay a tax that a vehicle not suitable for transport does not have to pay.”
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SALEM —The city’s local historic preservation organization is raising concerns regarding recently installed bollards in front of the Ropes Mansion at 318 Essex St.
Historic Salem Inc. claims the bollards are visually jarring and out of character with the historic setting both in scale and placement.
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