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Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane
Oscar Heading North After Making Landfall In Cuba As Hurricane Oscar is now moving north after making landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane. It's now a tropical storm on landfall on Sunday evening, Oct. 20 in eastern Cuba, where heavy rain will continue causing life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides on Monday, Oct. 21, according to the National Hurricane Center. Oscar formed rapidly over the weekend, After being upgraded to a tropical storm Saturday morning, Oct. 19, it strengthened to hurricane status just hours later. As it tracks north, Oscar will bring gusty winds and heavy rain to the southeastern Bahamas M…
Plane Crash: 4 Connecticut Residents, Including Teen, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash: 4 Connecticut Residents, Including Teen, Killed In Vermont
Plane Crash: 4 Connecticut Residents, Including Teen, Killed In Vermont Four Connecticut residents killed in a small plane crash in Vermont as they returned home from a luncheon have been identified. The Vermont State Police said the incident occurred in Addison County, Vermont, in Ferrisburgh on Sunday, Sept. 8. The victims, whose bodies were recovered on Monday, Sept. 9, have been identified as: Paul Pelletier, age 55, of Columbia, in Tolland County  Frank Rodriquez, age 88, of Lebanon, in New London County  Susan Van Ness, age 51, of Middletown, in Middlesex County  Delilah Van Ness, age 15, of Middletown, in Middlesex County . Middletown Po…
Intoxicated Driver Kills 10-Year-Old Boys, Sends 6 Others To Hospital In Plainville Crash: DA Intoxicated Driver Kills 10-Year-Old Boys, Sends 6 Others To Hospital In Plainville Crash: DA
Intoxicated Driver Kills 10-Year-Old Boys, Sends 6 Others To Hospital In Plainville Crash: DA A 42-year-old man is accused of crashing a stolen car into a family, killing a 10-year-old boy, and sending several others to the hospital in Norfolk County this weekend, authorities said.  Michael Escolas, of Oxford, is expected to be charged with motor vehicular manslaughter — OUI, theft of a vehicle, and others, the Norfolk County District Attorney said. He was being held on a $25,000 bail.  Escola is accused of stealing a Jeep Cherokee parked at the Kenny Chesney concert at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 24, and crashing into a family of six stopped at a traffic light on R…
Worker Killed After Rocks Crush Excavator At Central Mass Quarry Worker Killed After Rocks Crush Excavator At Central Mass Quarry
Worker Killed After Rocks Crush Excavator At Central Mass Quarry A worker at a Worcester County rock quarry was killed on Thursday, Aug. 22, when a rock ledge collapsed on his excavator, authorities said.  The incident happened just before 8 a.m. at a Stone Crest Way quarry in Sterling, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. The man's name was not released.  The man's body remained trapped beneath the rubble Thursday afternoon. State, local, and federal responders were working to retrieve it.  Firefighters determined there were no signs of life using video equipment.  Sterling authorities ordered that workers stop all…
62-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Holliston Crash With Car ID'd 62-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Holliston Crash With Car ID'd
62-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Holliston Crash With Car ID'd Doctors were unable to save a 62-year-old man after his motorcycle was involved in a crash with a car on Sunday evening, July 21, in Holliston, authorities announced.  Andrew Palumbo, of Ashland, was identified as the man killed in the crash at the intersection of  Prentice and Mill Streets just before 7:50 p.m., Holliston police said. Police and firefighters treated Palumbo at the scene until he could be taken to an area hospital.  Paramedics airlifted Palumbo to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where he later died of his wounds.  The 72-year-old driver…
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Authorities say a fire that began on the second-story balcony of an apartment in North Andover started when a lithium-ion battery exploded  Firefighters were called to 99 Edgelawn Ave. just before 6:30 p.m. on July 7. A battery had been left in the sun for hours, causing it to overheat and explode.  The fire was extinguished quickly, but battery fires are extremely dangerous as they can reignite without warning hours after they are put out, the North Andover Fire Department said.  Everyone escaped the six-unit building without injury.  North Andover Fire Chief Joh…
Man, 80, Killed In Early Morning Revere Fire Man, 80, Killed In Early Morning Revere Fire
Man, 80, Killed In Early Morning Revere Fire An 80-year-old was killed early Monday morning, July 15, after a fire tore through his Revere home.  Firefighters were called to the 104 Patriot Parkway home at about 5:45 a.m. to find heavy smoke pouring out of the house. Crews were told the elderly man had limited mobility and was trapped inside, the state Fire Marshal's Office said.  Firefighters forced their way inside, pulled the man to safety, and began life-saving measures. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.  No one else was injured in the blaze.  The cause of the …
Autistic 4-Year-Old Central Mass Girl Drowns In Neighbor's Pool Autistic 4-Year-Old Central Mass Girl Drowns In Neighbor's Pool
Autistic 4-Year-Old Central Mass Girl Drowns In Neighbor's Pool A 4-year-old autistic girl named Eva was found unresponsive in her neighbor's pool in Worcester County on Thursday, July 11, after she went missing from her home. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later.  Police in Sutton received a 911 call around 3:50 p.m. that the girl had gone missing in the Peachtree Drive area, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Officers quickly began a search and found the girl in the pool. Responders rushed her to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, where doctors pronounced her dead, authorities said.  Police did n…
15-Year-Old Shot To Death In Lowell Found By Family Member 15-Year-Old Shot To Death In Lowell Found By Family Member
15-Year-Old Shot To Death In Lowell Found By Family Member A 15-year-old girl was repeatedly fatally shot in Lowell on Friday evening, June 14, authorities announced.  Lowell police received a 911 call just after 6 p.m. after a family member found the girl inside a Lawrence Street apartment with multiple traumatic injuries to her body, the Middlesex District Attorney said.  Investigators found multiple shell casings near her body.  Officers were searching the apartment Friday night and into Saturday morning.  The investigation is ongoing.
Woburn Fire That Sent 2 Kids To Hospital, Displaced 3 Families Likely Started With Cigarette Woburn Fire That Sent 2 Kids To Hospital, Displaced 3 Families Likely Started With Cigarette
Woburn Fire That Sent 2 Kids To Hospital, Displaced 3 Families Likely Started With Cigarette A Woburn three-alarm fire over the weekend that left multiple families without a home and sent two children to the hospital likely began after someone failed to put out a cigarette on their porch, authorities said.  Firefighters were called to the 1 Richmond Park apartments around 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 26. One child had climbed to safety from a window and fire crews rescued another from the roof. They were taken to rushed to Boston for non-life-threatening injuries.  No one was seriously injured.  When firefighters arrived the fire had crept up the back of the b…
Traffic Nightmare: Damaged Bridge To Be Demolished After I-95 Crash, Causing Days-Long Closure Traffic Nightmare: Damaged Bridge To Be Demolished After I-95 Crash, Causing Days-Long Closure
Traffic Nightmare: Damaged Bridge To Be Demolished After I-95 Crash, Causing Days-Long Closure This story has been updated. A closure in both directions on I-95 in Connecticut caused by an early morning crash and fire involving a tanker with thousands of gallons of gas will last for several days as a damaged overpass is removed, authorities have now announced. New Update - Watch Live - Work In Progress: Crews Repair Fire-Damaged I-95 Stretch The incident happened at the outset of the morning commute on Thursday, May 2 in Norwalk near exits 14 and 15. "Extensive damage occurred to the Fairfield Avenue overpass bridge," according to the Norwalk Fire Department. The Connecticut Dep…
'There's A Grenade In My Car': Man's Comment Spark Response In Stow — More Dud Than Deadly 'There's A Grenade In My Car': Man's Comment Spark Response In Stow — More Dud Than Deadly
'There's A Grenade In My Car': Man's Comment Spark Response In Stow — More Dud Than Deadly A man prompted a full response from multiple police and firefighter agencies in Middlesex County after he walked into a building and reported that he had found a grenade in the trunk of his car.  Stow first responders and members of multiple bomb squads rushed to the area on Friday, March 22. Police cleared the area around 2:15 p.m. and bomb techs prepared to get to work.  The man was telling the truth. There was an unexploded World War II area Mk. 2 "Pineapple" fragmentation grenade in his car's trunk, but it was inert and could not explode, police said. It was most likely u…
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…
Child Hospitalized After Bee Attack At Topsfield Summer Camp; Many Others Stung Child Hospitalized After Bee Attack At Topsfield Summer Camp; Many Others Stung
Child Hospitalized After Bee Attack At Topsfield Summer Camp; Many Others Stung A swarm of bees stung upwards of twenty children in Essex County, with one needing to be hospitalized after having a severe allergic reaction, officials say.  A group of campers at Tritown Council Leg Morning Workshop Summer Camp held at Trinity Church in Topsfield were stung by bees on Monday, Aug. 14, sending first responders to the rescue and one child to the hospital, according to the Topsfield Police and Fire Departments.  A 911 caller reported the incident, saying that most of the children were stung multiple times and that one child was showing signs of anaph…
Plane Crashes On Martha's Vineyard; Pilot Walks Away Plane Crashes On Martha's Vineyard; Pilot Walks Away
Plane Crashes On Martha's Vineyard; Pilot Walks Away A single-engine plane crashed Sunday morning in Martha's Vineyard, but luckily no one was injured, rescue personnel said.  The Arnold Volksplane VP-1 came down just before 11 a.m. after the pilot lost altitude on his landing descent coming into Martha's Vineyard Airport, the West Tisbury Police Department said. The aviator radioed the tower about two miles east of the runway to declare an emergency and made a crash-landing in a field in the nearby Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.  Emergency responders treated the pilot, but he was seriously uninjured, police said. …
Pair Of Horseback Riders Injured In Hopkinton, Emergency Workers Respond Pair Of Horseback Riders Injured In Hopkinton, Emergency Workers Respond
Pair Of Horseback Riders Injured In Hopkinton, Emergency Workers Respond Two horseback riders were injured while riding on trails, according to officials.  The pair were riding on the trails behind Legacy South in Hopkinton, according to the Hopkinton Fire Department.  Multiple emergency crews arrived and began to extricate the injured riders from the trails. The injured ridersHopkinton Fire Department This is a developing situation. Check back here for updates as they are available. 
Rollover Crash With Injuries Closes I-495 In Littleton For Medical Helicopter Operations Rollover Crash With Injuries Closes I-495 In Littleton For Medical Helicopter Operations
Rollover Crash With Injuries Closes I-495 In Littleton For Medical Helicopter Operations A medical helicopter was called to the scene of a rollover crash with injuries, closing both sides of I-495 temporarily, officials say.  The crash occurred on I-495 north at Exit 81, according to a Tweet sent by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation at around 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.  A Life Flight medical helicopter was called to the scene, requiring closures for both sides of the highway.Littleton Police Department Littleton firefighters and police officers responded to the scene of the crash as well as Massachusetts State Police.  Both the north and southbound lanes …
Driver Critically Injured In Rollover Weston Wreck; Troopers Investigating Driver Critically Injured In Rollover Weston Wreck; Troopers Investigating
Driver Critically Injured In Rollover Weston Wreck; Troopers Investigating A car tumbled down an embankment after skidding off of Route 128 in the early morning hours on Sunday, April 2, in Weston, authorities said.  Weston firefighters responded to the single-vehicle crash on the ramp from Route 30 just before 5 a.m. and saw the car had rolled down the embankment and came to a rest on its roof, officials said in a Facebook post. Crews climbed down and cut the driver from the vehicle in under 10 minutes before carrying them to a waiting ambulance.  Paramedics rushed the driver to an area hospital with critical injuries. Officials did not releas…
Hoax Swatting Call Sends At Least 6 Police Departments To Groveland Home Hoax Swatting Call Sends At Least 6 Police Departments To Groveland Home
Hoax Swatting Call Sends At Least 6 Police Departments To Groveland Home A phony call confessing to a violent act, and threatening to harm first responders, led to the unnecessary evacuation of multiple Groveland residences and the gathering of multiple police departments, officials say.  The person behind the fake 911 call, made on Wednesday, Feb 1 around 8:45 p.m., said that he was on Marjorie Street and confessed to both hurting someone and that he would hurt first responders, according to the Groveland Police Department.  In accordance with established procedures, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical responders were dispatched to the alleged…