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Weymouth Teen Dies Days After Braintree Crash Caused By Drunk Driver, Police Say
An 18-year-old woman has died following a head-on crash in Braintree that police say involved a drunk driver earlier this month, authorities said.
Alexia "Lexi" Nixon, of Weymouth, succumbed to her injuries Tuesday night, Dec. 10, at Boston Medical Center, days after the Dec. 1. collision near 655 Union Street, the Norfolk District Attorney's Office said.
The crash, which occurred around 12:50 a.m. between an SUV and pick-up truck, also left the SUV's 18-year-old driver and another passenger with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The pickup truck d…
Former Andover Resident Jay Leno Falls Down 60-Foot Hill, Hits Head On Rock
Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is again making headlines for an accident that left him bruised and battered, according to reports.
Leno, age 74, a native New Yorker who grew up in Massachusetts, is recovering from injuries sustained from falling down a 60-foot hill and hitting a rock while trying to make his way to a restaurant in Pennsylvania, the comedian told TMZ in an interview on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
In his interview with the outlet, Leno, seen with an eyepatch and bruised face, explained that he had been trying to take a shortcut to the restaurant from his hotel about 30 m…
Massachusetts Man Seriously Hurt In CT Hit-Run Crash After Stepping Out Of His Car
A 38-year-old Massachusetts man was seriously injured after a car crashed into him in Connecticut, on Friday night, Aug. 30.
In Cromwell, Connecticut, police were called to south I-91 just after 8 p.m. after a "small, white Honda sedan" veered onto the shoulder and crashed into a parked car, Connecticut State Police said.
The driver, a man from Woburn, Massachusetts, had stepped out of the vehicle when he was hit. The other people inside his car — all from Woburn — were not hurt.
The second vehicle sped away and did not stop to help or contact responders for aid, police sa…
Maryland State Police ID MA, NJ Women Killed In Crash, Virginia Victim Airlifted To Hospital
Two people were killed and a third was airlifted to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon following a multi-vehicle crash in Charles County, state police confirmed.
On Thursday, police said that Norma Matthews, 81, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Virginia Licata, 86, of Blackwood, NJ, have been identified as the pair killed in a crash on July 24 that shut down Route 301 for hours.
The other driver, King George, Virginia resident Caitlynn Connell, 28, was also flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to Capital Region Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.
According to police, shor…
