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Worker Killed At Central Mass Quarry ID'd As Townsend Man Worker Killed At Central Mass Quarry ID'd As Townsend Man
Worker Killed At Central Mass Quarry ID'd As Townsend Man A 67-year-old Middlesex County man was identified as the worker who was killed when a rock ledge fell on Thursday, Aug. 22, and crushed an excavator at a Massachusetts quarry.   Brian Curtis Derby, 67, of Townsend, died just before 8 a.m. when the rocks fell on his heavy machinery at the Sterling quarry along Stone Crest Way, the Worcester County District Attorney said.  Firefighters and crews worked through the day and night to retrieve Derby's body from beneath the rubble.  Sterling leaders ordered that workers stop all earth removal operations until the Occupati…

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by Josh Lanier
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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…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Leominster Man Nabbed After Crashing Into Clinton Home During Police Pursuit Leominster Man Nabbed After Crashing Into Clinton Home During Police Pursuit
Leominster Man Nabbed After Crashing Into Clinton Home During Police Pursuit A police pursuit ended in a car crashing into a house in Central Massachusetts and the arrest of a man, authorities said. Multiple departments responded to a report of a car that crashed into a home at 261 Sterling Street in Clinton around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Clinton Police said on Facebook. Upon arrival, officers noticed that the car involved was the subject of a pursuit that started in Sterling and was initiated by Sterling Police. A wild crash in Clinton and the homeowner says the car crashed into the very spot where he was sitting just seconds earlier. @MattReedNews ha…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA
RI Car Thief Leads 21-Mile Police Pursuit Before Smashing Into 3 Cruisers In MA Three Massachusetts State Police cruisers were damaged during a pursuit of a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Rhode Island, authorities said. The situation started when a State Trooper noticed a Dodge Charger that was reported stolen on Route 190 northbound in Sterling around 2:47 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, Massachusetts State Police said. The same vehicle had just fled from Worcester police as well, police said.  When the Trooper tried to stop the vehicle, the Charger refused and a pursuit ensued. Other Troopers tried to deflate the car's tires but the driver continued f…

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by David Cifarelli