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28-Year-Old ID'd As Man Crushed To Death In Westborough Industrial Accident: DA 28-Year-Old ID'd As Man Crushed To Death In Westborough Industrial Accident: DA
28-Year-Old ID'd As Man Crushed To Death In Westborough Industrial Accident: DA A 28-year-old Worcester man has been identified as the person crushed to death after a truck's trailer fell on him in Westborough, authorities said.  Pablo Franciso Otano Aponte died on Wednesday, Dec. 27, when a 53-foot-long box trailer fell on him as he worked on it off of Computer Drive, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Paramedics were called to the site around 9:30 a.m.  "Initial investigation suggests it appears to be a tragic accident," a spokesperson for the district attorney's office said.  Westborough Fire Chief Patrick Purcell told WHDH that&n…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
Body Of Hopkinton 21-Year-Old Recovered From Lake, Community Rallies Support For Family Body Of Hopkinton 21-Year-Old Recovered From Lake, Community Rallies Support For Family
Body Of Hopkinton 21-Year-Old Recovered From Lake, Community Rallies Support For Family A young man drowned in a Middlesex County lake, leaving behind a mourning family.  The body of Wilinson J. Orbequito, age 21, of Hopkinton, was recovered from Lake Maspenock in Hopkinton on Saturday, July 22, according to the Hopkinton Police Department.  Orbequito had gone swimming at Sandy Beach one day earlier and never return.  Firefighters and police officers began searching the beach line for the 21-year-old on Friday and deployed sonar-equipped rescue boats. They suspended the search overnight due to an intense storm and limited visibility.  First responders resumed the search Satu…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Person Ejected From Car After Colliding With Tractor-Trailer In Central Mass Person Ejected From Car After Colliding With Tractor-Trailer In Central Mass
Person Ejected From Car After Colliding With Tractor-Trailer In Central Mass Editor's note: Authorities told Daily Voice that the driver involved in this crash was not actually thrown from their vehicle. To read the most recent story, click here.  A major route in one Central Massachusetts town was closed for several hours following a multi-truck crash where one person was thrown from their vehicle, officials said.  First responders were called to the crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 20 in Shrewsbury on Tuesday, Dec. 20, according to a Tweet from the Westborough Fire Department. Westborough Medic 1 responding to Route 20 at Route 140 in Shrewsbury for…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail
Westborough Police Point Laser-Wielding Fire Station Vandal Straight To Jail Breaking into a fire station is one thing but for one Northborough man the buck didn't stop with just the broken glass – he had to make one other point. Dispatchers heard a loud crash outside the Westborough Fire Station, located at 42 Milk Street, at 3:20 a.m. on Monday, June 13, the Westborough Fire Department said in a release on Facebook.  The dispatchers found a man, later identified as Kevin Tupper, smashing the front doors of the station with an unknown object, fire officials said.  While waiting for police to arrive, Tupper pointed something with a red laser at dispa…

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by David Cifarelli