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Trucker Killed Retrieving Item On Western Mass Roadway Trucker Killed Retrieving Item On Western Mass Roadway
Trucker Killed Retrieving Item On Western Mass Roadway A 36-year-old New York trucker was killed Friday morning, Aug. 16, when he climbed out of his cab after a small accident in Massachusetts before another truck crashed into him, authorities said.  In Hampden County, Nicholas Charles, a resident of Mechanicville in Saratoga County was struck just after 9:45 a.m. near mile marker 33 of Route 90 in Blandford, Massachusetts State Police said.  Police says Charles had struck a guardrail and noticed something had come dislodged from his truck, authorities said. A second truck crashed into him as he went to retrieve the item.  Charl…

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by Josh Lanier
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Griswold Crash Leaves Massachusetts Trucker Dead Griswold Crash Leaves Massachusetts Trucker Dead
Griswold Crash Leaves Massachusetts Trucker Dead A 42-year-old Middlesex County, Massachusetts, man died after crashing his truck down an embankment along I-395 in Connecticut. Tim Murray, of Ashby, crashed his Freightliner truck in Griswold, New London County between Exit 24 and 28 around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8 Construction had closed the southbound right-hand lane of the highway. As Murray merged into the left lane, his 2019 Freightliner hit a guardrail. Murray corrected the truck but not before striking another section of the guardrail.  The truck tumbled down an embankment. Authorities pronounced Murray dead at the scene.…

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by Josh Lanier
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Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Central Mass: Police Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Central Mass: Police
Tractor-Trailer Flips On Side After Rolling Off Mass Pike In Central Mass: Police Crews are expected to remove a tractor-trailer that rolled off a ramp on the Mass Pike in Central Massachusetts during the morning commute this week, authorities said. State Troopers responded to the incident at the I-290/Route 12 split in Auburn on Tuesday morning, May 2, according to Massachusetts State Police on Twitter. Troopers onscene of tractor-trailer rollover on ramp from Pike EB to Rt 290/12 split in Auburn. Truck is off road and down embankment. No injury to driver. Plan is for the truck to be removed tonight after evening commute to minimize impact of closing the ramp. #MATr…

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by David Cifarelli
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Drunk Truck Driver Smashes Into House, Gas Line Overnight In Greater Boston Area Drunk Truck Driver Smashes Into House, Gas Line Overnight In Greater Boston Area
Drunk Truck Driver Smashes Into House, Gas Line Overnight In Greater Boston Area One person is injured and a house is left partially dilapidated after a truck driver smashed into a Salem home, authorities said. Officials responded for a report of a car into a house with a possible entrapment at 294 Jefferson Avenue around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, June 6, according to a Facebook post from Northeast Massachusetts Emergency Alerts.  Posted by Salem Ma Firefighters Local 172 on Sunday, June 5, 2022 When crews arrived, the 25-year-old male driver removed himself from the vehicle and was waiting for medical attention, according to a Facebook post from Salem Ma Firefighters Lo…

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by David Cifarelli
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Two Injured In Connecticut Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Police Say Two Injured In Connecticut Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Police Say
Two Injured In Connecticut Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Police Say Two people suffered injuries in a crash in Connecticut that involved a tractor-trailer. The South Killingly Fire Department in Windham County reported that crews responded to the crash at 580 Providence Pike (Route 6) at about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. The two people who were injured in the crash were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. No further details about the crash were provided.

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by Nicole Valinote
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Wilton Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Massachusetts Crash Wilton Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Massachusetts Crash
Wilton Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Massachusetts Crash A Connecticut man was killed in a two-vehicle Massachusetts crash. The crash happened in Bristol County at around 3:40 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 in Raynham, Massachusetts State Police said in a statement. Fairfield County resident Mariusz Laszcak, 53, of Wilton, was driving a 2006 Honda motorcycle when he collided with a 2016 International truck, state police said. Laszcak died at the scene, according to police. The 32-year-old  truck driver, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, was not injured.

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by Joe Lombardi