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Man Who Admitted To Western Mass Crash That Sent 8 On Motorcycles To Hospital Gets Prison Man Who Admitted To Western Mass Crash That Sent 8 On Motorcycles To Hospital Gets Prison
Man Who Admitted To Western Mass Crash That Sent 8 On Motorcycles To Hospital Gets Prison A Rhode Island man who admitted to being under the influence when he crashed into a group of motorcyclists, sending eight people to the hospital with serious injuries, in Franklin County was sentenced to prison, authorities said.  Ryan O’Farrell, 34, was sentenced to nine to 12 years behind bars on Monday, Aug. 19, for the 2022 crash, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.  O'Farrell was behind the wheel of an SUV pulling a trailer with a motorcycle when he drifted over the center line on Route 10 in Northfield near Main Street on a sunny May 29, 2022, day when he …

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by Josh Lanier
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Nursing Home Network That Turned Away Opioid Addicts Reaches Settlement Nursing Home Network That Turned Away Opioid Addicts Reaches Settlement
Nursing Home Network That Turned Away Opioid Addicts Reaches Settlement A nursing home network has agreed to make restitution for turning away people - on more than 350 occasions - for having an opioid addiction. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, Alliance Health and Human Services - which operates 8 skilled rehab and nursing facilities in Massachusetts - resolved allegations that it had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by turning away patients because they were being treated for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) with methadone or buprenorphine, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. People being treated for OUD are generally considered to be disabled und…

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by Kristin Palpini