Bourne

A person is dead after being struck by a train on Cape Cod as Labor Day comes to an end. Bourne police said around 8 p.m. Monday that they are investigating the fatal incident involving a train hitting a person in the area of Aptucxet Trading Post and Perry Ave. MBTA Transit police later confirmed they are actively investigating what…

A car crash sent people to the hospital with serious injuries and briefly closed the Cape Cod-bound side of Massachusetts’ Sagamore Bridge for Friday afternoon, snarling traffic for people headed for a getaway. Three people were taken to hospitals from the three-car crash on Route 3, just before the bridge, according to Massachusetts State Police. All three of the people…

Healey’s office said the administration still intends to replace both bridges, but wants to start with the Sagamore because of its higher traffic volumes and its bigger role in the Cape’s economy.

After previous efforts to secure federal funding for replacement of both Cape Cod bridges stumbled, Gov. Maura Healey and her deputies will shift to a phased approach that first targets money primarily for the Sagamore Bridge. Healey’s office said the administration will submit applications in the coming weeks for a combined $1.45 billion in federal grants, most of which would…

A Cape Cod man is facing indecent assault charges, accused of making sexual advances toward two girls, including licking one of them, at the beach earlier this week, according to Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois. Jeffrey Burgess, 60, of Bourne, was indicted on charges of assault and battery, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14,…

People on the Cape Cod side of Bourne, Massachusetts, are being told to boil any tap water they use until further notice after E. coli was detected in water samples. The announcement first came on Friday afternoon. On Monday, officials said the order remains in place for the time being. The town said any tap water from the Bourne Water…

A man suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle Friday on Cape Cod. Police in Bourne, Massachusetts, responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. to a crash on Trowbridge Road. The victim, a 52-year-old man, was airlifted to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries. Two vehicles were involved in the crash, police said. Both drivers remained at the scene and…

A blood drive really did just go to the dogs, and the organizers wouldn’t have it any other way. “It is a beautiful thing on a difficult day,” said State Rep. Steve Xiarhos, who organized the dog blood drive Wednesday at the Bourne Police Department to honor Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, who was shot and killed five years...

A truck crashed on the Bourne Rotary, near the bridge to Cape Cod, on Tuesday morning, spilling gravel onto the median of the road. The crash and subsequent cleanup prompted the closure of the right lane of the road for hours, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Footage from the scene showed a dump truck on its side. State…

An elderly man had to be rescued after he was trapped overnight in his car in the middle of the woods, partially submerged in a small body of water, on Cape Cod, fire officials said.

The person was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with hypothermic injuries.

A van became trapped in deep flood waters in Bourne, Massachusetts, during torrential rains Monday afternoon. Heavy rain moved through the area around 2 p.m., causing substantial flooding on Shore Road near Shipyard Lane. Video from the scene showed several vehicles attempting to make it through the knee-deep puddle, despite warnings from town employees. A Ford van that tried to…

Rail service returns to Cape Cod this weekend, along with backups at the Sagamore and Bourne bridges.” “It’s a nightmare in the summer,” one woman said of the usual Cape traffic. The CapeFLYER is marking a decade of service, providing an alternative way of getting to Cape Cod and the islands. The train makes round trips between South Station...

Rail service is making its return to Cape Cod this summer.

The man was able to escape the car on his own and was helped out of the water by police. He was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.

A car with a 32-year-old-man inside was found submerged in the water Monday night in Bourne, Massachusetts. Bourne police were called to the area of Barlows Landing Beach shortly after 11 p.m. No one was on the other end of the call. Officers checked area and found the car in the water at a boat ramp. The man was able…

A rideshare driver is accused of kidnapping a 19-year-old customer after he reportedly refused to stop at her destination, forcing her to jump out of the vehicle when it was in traffic.

The suspect, 58-year-old Joseph Ridge, of Bourne, was described by police as a “career criminal.”

A 14-year-old Massachusetts girl who was home alone thwarted a burglary when she confronted a man who had broken into her house and was attempting to steal items Friday morning. Middleborough police said they were called to a residence on Spruce Street around 7:20 a.m. for a report of a man who broke in while a teenage girl was inside…