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A state trooper was taken to the hospital after being hit by a suspected drunk driver in Milton, according to Massachusetts State Police. Kimberly Johnson, 40 of Brockton, was driving a 2019 Ford F-250 pickup truck when she allegedly crashed into the cruiser on Route 93 southbound around 10:22 p.m. Monday. The male trooper was taken to Milton Hospital for…

A Massachusetts State Police trooper struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop two years ago has died of the injuries he sustained in the crash, the agency says. Trooper Thomas Devlin, 58, died Thursday, agency spokesman David Procopio said in an emailed statement. Devlin had pulled over a vehicle on Route 3 in Billerica on the afternoon of July…

A man suspected of dragging a Massachusetts State Trooper down Interstate 95 Thursday morning as he fled from police is now in custody. After being pulled over for speeding shortly after midnight, the man allegedly sped off in a Jeep before he crashed it and ran away on foot in Walpole. Police found him in Sharon Thursday morning, according to…

A man suspected of dragging a Massachusetts State Trooper down Interstate 95 Thursday morning in Walpole, then fleeing the scene, has been taken into custody.

A State Trooper was dragged down the highway in Canton after he pulled over a driver, who sped off in a Jeep then crashed and ran on foot.

A former Massachusetts State Police lieutenant has been indicted for allegedly submitting fraudulent claims for holiday pay he did not accrue, according to the attorney general’s office. David Andrade, 47, of Westport, was indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury Thursday on one count of larceny over $1,200 by single scheme and one count of public employee standards of conduct…

A Massachusetts State Police captain who responded to a fatal crash that killed a trooper in 2016 testified Thursday that the defendant was driving at a speed of at least 81 mph at the time of the incident. Capt. John Pinkham of the MSP Collision Analysis and Reconstruction team recalled severe damage to both vehicles following the crash that killed...

As the trial against a man charged in a crash that killed a Massachusetts State Police trooper continued Friday, the driver’s defense disputed the speed he was said to have been going. Just how fast was David Njuguna driving when he crashed into Thomas Clardy’s cruiser on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Charlton in March 2016? The prosecution has asserted he...

The man charged in the crash that killed Massachusetts State Police trooper Thomas Clardy remained on trial Tuesday.

A Massachusetts State Police Trooper and another driver were hospitalized after they were involved in a crash overnight. State police said at about 12:20 a.m., a police cruiser was hit from behind by another car while on the breakdown lane of Route 3 southbound in Duxbury.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper responding to a report of a wounded dog on a busy road just north of Boston got an unexpected surprise. State police said Thursday on Facebook that Trooper Carlo Mastromattei found a frightened coyote pup on Revere Beach Parkway in Revere last Sunday night. The pup’s mother was nowhere in sight.

A Massachusetts State Trooper was hospitalized with minor injuries Friday after another driver believed to have been distracted rear-ended his cruiser on the Mass. Turnpike. State police said the crash happened at 4:40 a.m. when the trooper was parked to protect a road crew on Route 90 eastbound just before the Prudential Tunnel.

A car crash near the Prudential Tunnel is already causing significant traffic ahead of the morning commute.

A Massachusetts State Police Department Trooper was taken to a hospital following a fentanyl exposure scare in Norwell. At about 1:40 a.m. Friday, a trooper from the department’s Norwell Barracks had a woman under arrest for possession of a class A drug and took her to the station for booking, according to state police. A substance was found on the...

An animal cruelty survivor has found a loving home two months after veterinarians removed a shackle from the then emaciated dog’s neck.

The state is mourning the loss of a 49-year-old state trooper who died when his cruiser struck the back of a tractor-trailer on Route I-84 on Thursday.