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Fatal Crash in Boxboro Under Investigation
State police are investigating the death of a man in a single-car crash on Interstate 495 in Boxboro, Massachusetts Friday afternoon. According to police, a car driven by 60-year-old Steven Michaud, of Tewksbury, veered off the road on the northbound side of 495 and into trees in the median. Authorities first responded to the scene around 4:35 p.m. Friday, officials…
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Silver Alert Issued for Man in Oxford, Mass.
Authorities have issued a Silver Alert for a man missing from Oxford, Massachusetts. Daniel Ausmus, 73, was last seen around noon on Thursday. He was supposed to be heading for UMass Medical Center in Worcester, but never arrived. Ausmus is 5-foot-11, 190 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. Anyone aware of his whereabouts is asked to contact Massachusetts State…
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High School Student on Bike Hit by Truck in Uxbridge
A girl was airlifted to a hospital in Worcester after she was hit by a truck while riding a bike near Uxbridge High School.
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Girl Riding Bicycle Hit By Car in Uxbridge, Mass.
A young girl was seriously injured riding her bike along Route 146A in Uxbridge, Mass. Thursday morning.
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High School Student on Bicycle Seriously Injured After Being Hit by Truck in Uxbridge
A local high school student was seriously injured when she was hit by a truck while riding her bicycle in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. Uxbridge police said the crash occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the northbound lane of Route 146A. The victim, a female Uxbridge High School student, was taken by medical helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center in…
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Pregnancy During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Major hospitals in Massachusetts are taking extra precautions for their pregnant patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. At UMass Medical Center in Worcester, a clinic has been dedicated just for expectant mothers who have the disease.
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Stabbing at Strip Club in Webster, Massachusetts, Under Investigation
Authorities in Webster, Massachusetts are investigating a stabbing at a strip club overnight.
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Family Seeks Answers After Child Dies While Eating Carrots
The family of a 10-year-old girl who died at an elementary school in Worcester earlier this month while eating continues to search for answers relating to her death. Marilyn Ofobi Korankyewaa was eating carrots at Belmont Community School when she reportedly began coughing, Worcester News tonight reported. She was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester, where she died a...
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13-Year-Old Struck by Car While Biking in Pepperell, Mass.
A 13-year-old boy was struck by a car while riding his bike in Pepperell, Massachusetts Sunday night.
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Driver Accused in Deadly Auburn Crash Held on $50K Bail
The man charged in connection with a fatal crash in Auburn, Massachusetts was ordered held on $50,000 cash bail at his arraignment Friday. DeJesus Amaro, 24, of Taunton, is facing charges that include motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation in connection with the Thursday afternoon accident.
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Suspect in Clinton Homicide Found Dead in Prison Hospital
A suspect in a Massachusetts homicide has been found dead in his prison hospital room of an apparent suicide. The Telegram & Gazette reports that Dean Valchuis, of Berlin, was in state custody awaiting trial in connection with the death of 58-year-old Roger Bemis, of Clinton, in February. The Department of Correction says Valchuis was pronounced dead early Thursday at...
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Court Docs: Witness Saw Assault Days Before Man Was Found Dead
A Massachusetts man who is facing charges in connection with the brutal beating death of another man was arraigned from his hospital bed at UMass Medical Center on Monday. Dean Valchuis, 47, was arraigned on an assault and battery charge after he allegedly beat 58-year-old Roger Bemis in Bemis’s home in Clinton on the night of the Super Bowl. Bemis...
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IMAGES: First Responders Pay Respect to Fallen Worcester Firefighter in Procession
First responders and mourners gathered for a procession for Worcester, Massachusetts firefighter Christopher Roy on Monday a day after he was killed in the line of duty.
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Massachusetts State Trooper Recovering in Hospital Following Stabbing
A Massachusetts State Trooper is recovering from surgery after being stabbed multiple times during a pursuit of a suspect in New Salem on Friday.
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Massachusetts State Trooper Stabbed, Suspect Shot Following Police Pursuit
A Massachusetts State Police trooper sustained stab wounds to the head, neck, shoulders and arm while trying to apprehend an 18-year-old man who had fled an earlier traffic stop. Authorities said the teenage suspect from Manchester, New Hampshire was then shot in the torso by the 47-year-old trooper, and both were taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester with serious...
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Lawrence Woman Killed in Worcester Crash Saturday
A 31-year-old Lawrence woman has died after her car rear ended a Ford F-350 pickup truck that was towing a car carrier on Route 290 Eastbound in Worcester early Saturday morning, according to state police.
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17-Year-Old Boy Dies in Milford Drowning
Police in Milford, Massachusetts are investigating after a 17-year-old boy was pulled from the water in a local pond on Saturday.
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Guardrail Slices Through Car, Injuring 4-Year-Old Girl in Northbridge
A four-year-old was hospitalized Tuesday morning after a guardrail sliced through the car she was inside of in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Police responded to the one-car crash at 11:20 a.m. where the guardrail had gone through the front windshield and exited the back window.
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Longtime Boston Radio Reporter Dies Suddenly
A popular longtime Boston-area radio reporter has died. WBZ-AM announced Wednesday that Lana Jones “died suddenly this morning at UMass Medical Center in Worcester.” She was 62. The station did not provide a cause of death. Jones had worked at WBZ since 1991 and had been a part of the area’s radio news scene since 1981. WBZ program director Bill…
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2 Arrested in Connection With Crash That Injured Police Officer
A Massachusetts police chief says one of his officers was seriously hurt in an early morning head-on crash while responding to reports of an out-of-control house party.