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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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Ashby Bus Driver Pushed Student To Floor, Charged With Assault: Police Ashby Bus Driver Pushed Student To Floor, Charged With Assault: Police
Ashby Bus Driver Pushed Student To Floor, Charged With Assault: Police A 64-year-old bus driver in Ashby has been charged with assault after an altercation with a middle school student.  The driver, whose name is being withheld until they are arraigned, is charged with assault and battery following the incident on Tuesday, April 2.  Security camera footage shows the Dee Bus Company driver shoving an eighth-grade student to the floor of the bus during the drive home from Hawthorne Brook Middle School, authorities said.  No one was injured. 

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by Josh Lanier
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Woman Found Dead At Ashby Home Woman Found Dead At Ashby Home
Woman Found Dead At Ashby Home The Middlesex District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, March 14, that police in Ashby found the body of a woman earlier that day.  Police were called to the home on Richardson Road just before 1 p.m. to reports of an unresponsive woman. Officers arrived and found the 58-year-old woman dead outside the home, the DA's office said.  Investigators do not suspect foul play, and her death does not appear to be suspicious. The prosecutor's office said police do not believe there is a threat to the community.  Ashby police are investigating the incident. 

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by Josh Lanier
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Head-On Crash In Region Leaves Man, Woman Seriously Injured Head-On Crash In Region Leaves Man, Woman Seriously Injured
Head-On Crash In Region Leaves Man, Woman Seriously Injured Two people are recovering from serious injuries following a head-on crash in the region. The Middlesex County wreck happened shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, in Ashby on Turnpike Road. Ashby Police said a 2003 Cadillac Escalade was driving westbound near Greenville Road when it crossed the centerline and struck a Ford pickup truck head-on. The impact left a 43-year-old Ashburnham woman trapped in the Escalade and a 58-year-old Townsend man stuck in the pickup truck. Fire and medic crews had to use hydraulic tools to extricate both victims from their vehicles. The Ashburnham woman wa…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Armed Ashby Convenience Store Robber Hits Up Several Stores In Weeks: Police Armed Ashby Convenience Store Robber Hits Up Several Stores In Weeks: Police
Armed Ashby Convenience Store Robber Hits Up Several Stores In Weeks: Police Asby Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man believed to be behind a string of armed convenience store robberies in several communities over the past few weeks. Police believe the man is responsible for three robberies, and potentially more, that started on December 20, 2022 at the Convenience Mart at 1274 Main Street, Ashby Police report. During the encounter, the suspect told the cashier that he had a knife but did not pull one out, police said.  The second robbery happened at the Convenience Mart again, this time with the suspect exposing a knife and telling staff that…

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by David Cifarelli