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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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60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police 60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police
60K Pounds Of Garbage Spills From Tractor-Trailer Driven By Lynn Driver: Police A Massachusetts truck driver was injured in a tractor-trailer rollover that closed a Route 16 exit ramp for hours, officials say. The tractor-trailer, which belongs to Ram Transport Inc. of Allston, rolled over on Wednesday, May 17 around 10:15 a.m. when its driver attempted to merge from Route 16 onto Know Marsh Road, according to New Hampshire State Police. The driver, identified as Leandro Done Garcia, of Lynn, drove over granite curbing when trying to merge, made an overcorrection, and overturned the trailer, which was filled with 60,000 pounds of garbage. TRACTOR-TRAILER ROLLOVER…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Recycling Truck Backs Into Pole, Cuts Power To Winthrop Neighborhood Recycling Truck Backs Into Pole, Cuts Power To Winthrop Neighborhood
Recycling Truck Backs Into Pole, Cuts Power To Winthrop Neighborhood Residents in Winthrop were without power for a couple of hours after a recycling truck crashed into a utility pole, authorities said.  Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Foam Street around 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8, Winthrop Police and Fire said.  Upon arrival, crews found that the truck had backed into a utility pole and sent the power transformer to the ground.  The incident cut power to residents on Foam and Siren streets up until Shirley Street, the departments said. Residents were welcomed to cool off at the Robert DeLeo Senior Center as a result.&…

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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