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Lynn Man Dies After Apartment Fire; Marks State's 40th Fire Fatality Of Year Lynn Man Dies After Apartment Fire; Marks State's 40th Fire Fatality Of Year
Lynn Man Dies After Apartment Fire; Marks State's 40th Fire Fatality Of Year A Massachusetts man who was severely injured in an apartment fire over the weekend has died, authorities said. The man, a Lynn resident in his 40s, was found unconscious on the third floor of a six-family apartment building at 104-106 Lewis St. around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28, the State Fire Marshal's Office said. The man's name has not been released. Crews contained the fire to a single room and extinguished it in about an hour. Lynn firefighters performed CPR on the man at the scene, and paramedics rushed him to Salem Hospital. Doctors later transferred him to Brigham and Women’s…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Pittsfield Woman Killed, Motorcyclist Husband Hurt In Crash With SUV In Charlemont Pittsfield Woman Killed, Motorcyclist Husband Hurt In Crash With SUV In Charlemont
Pittsfield Woman Killed, Motorcyclist Husband Hurt In Crash With SUV In Charlemont A 72-year-old woman was killed and her 69-year-old husband was seriously injured after they were involved in a crash with an SUV in Franklin County, authorities said.  Sheila Rombeiro, of Pittsfield, was on the back of her husband's motorcycle when it was involved in a crash on Route 2 in Charlemont on Sunday, Sept. 1, around 5 p.m., Northwestern District Attorney said. Paramedics rushed her to Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she later died of her wounds.  Sheila leaves behind two adult children.  Her husband, Robert Rombeiro, of Pittsfield, was seriously injured in…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree
Teen From Region Killed After Crashing Car Into Tree A 19-year-old Connecticut woman was killed over the weekend after she crashed into a tree in Hartford County, authorities announced. Tolland County resident Makayla Theriaque, of Vernon, was identified as the victim in a Sunday evening, Aug. 25, crash in Manchester, police said.  Officers were called to 233 Buckland Hills Drive for reports of a car crashing into a tree, Manchester police said.  Paramedics rushed Theriaque, who was behind the wheel, to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.  Manchester police are investigating the crash. Authorities a…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Child Found Dead In Pool Of Home In Region Child Found Dead In Pool Of Home In Region
Child Found Dead In Pool Of Home In Region A boy who was found unresponsive in the pool of a Connecticut home has died. The incident occurred in Litchfield County around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 20, on Magnolia Lane in the Terryville section of Plymouth. According to Edman Austin of the Plymouth Police, police, fire, and EMS found the child unresponsive in the pool and immediately began treatment. The boy, whose age was not provided, was transported to Bristol Hospital for treatment. Austin said despite lifesaving efforts performed by all emergency services involved, the child was pronounced dead.  "Many of us at the Plymouth P…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Western Mass Man Killed In Ware Crash ID'd Western Mass Man Killed In Ware Crash ID'd
Western Mass Man Killed In Ware Crash ID'd Authorities have identified the 21-year-old who died in a Hampshire County crash earlier this week as a 21-year-old Ware man.  Joseph J. Lynch, of Monson, died on Sunday, June 23, after being involved in a crash on Route 9 near Anderson Road just before 6 p.m., the Northwestern District Attorney said. Another person in the vehicle was airlifted to UMass-Worcester with life-threatening injuries. Two people in the other car, both from Ware, were taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with non-life-threatening injuries.   Ware police are investigating the cause of the …

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by Josh Lanier
News
55-Year-Old ID'd As Man Killed In Plainfield Crash 55-Year-Old ID'd As Man Killed In Plainfield Crash
55-Year-Old ID'd As Man Killed In Plainfield Crash Authorities in Hampshire County say they have identified the man who died after his car went off the road and crashed over the weekend.  John Henry Burt, 55, crashed into the woods off Grant Street near North Street in Plainfield around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  Firefighters had to cut him from the vehicle. Paramedics rushed him to Berkshire Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead.  There were no other injuries.  The cause of the crash is still being investigated. 

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by Josh Lanier