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A truck caught fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike early Saturday morning in Weston, closing several lanes of the highway. Images from the scene showed the truck was gutted by the fire, and the charred wreckage being lifted from the road by a crane. State police closed the left two lanes of both sides of the highway to remove the truck…

A retired firefighter helped neighbors get out of their home before a fire tore through it.

Firefighters knocked down a blaze in a home in Weston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. A couple who live in the home, on South Avenue, were saved when a retired firefighter ran to bang on their door and wake them up, while a good Samaritan driving by saw flames and called 911, Weston fire Chief David Soar said. The house is…

The bodies of two Massachusetts men were pulled from a Vermont lake Tuesday, according to police. Authorities say the victims, identified as 29-year-old Nicholas Samuels of Weston and 27-year-old Aidan Connolly of Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, were in a kayak on Seymour Lake in Morgan when the water became choppy due to Tuesday’s storms. Vermont State Police said members of...

Emergency crews are investigating a serious crash involving a motorcycle and a box truck on Route 128/I-95 in Weston Thursday. Massachusettes State Police confirmed troopers were responding to the crash, which is at the off-ramp to the Mass. Pike. The ramp was closed after the crash, as was the I-90 westbound off-ramp to I-95, but they have since reopened. State…

A couple accidentally left a 4-year-old boy in the backseat of a cab.

A 4-year-old Massachusetts boy was recovered safely by police after his parents accidentally left him in a taxi after getting a ride home from Boston Logan International Airport on Wednesday night. Weston police received a call shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday from the boy’s parents saying they had left their son in a minivan-style taxi cab after they got...

The driver of a tractor-trailer carrying U.S. mail that plunged nearly 50 feet off a bridge Saturday, landing in the Charles River, will be cited for speeding and a lane violation, Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday. “We are citing the driver for excessive speed and a marked lanes violations, both of which are civil infractions,” state police spokesman David Procopio…

Video released Sunday from the State Police Association of Massachusetts shows the moment a tractor-trailer carrying U.S. mail plunged nearly 50 feet off a bridge, slamming into the icy Charles River below.

The video was released Sunday by the State Police Association of Massachusetts.

Video released Sunday from the State Police Association of Massachusetts shows the moment a tractor trailer carrying U.S. mail plunged nearly 50 feet off a bridge, slamming into the icy Charles River.

A driver had to be rescued from the Charles River on Saturday after his tractor trailer that was carrying U.S. mail crashed into the icy water near the ramp from Interstate 95 to Interstate 90 in Weston, Massachusetts, police said.

The crash happened just before noon Saturday in Weston, Massachusetts.

A driver had to be rescued from the Charles River on Saturday after his tractor trailer that was carrying U.S. mail plunged nearly 50 feet into the icy water near the ramp from Interstate 95 to Interstate 90 in Weston, Massachusetts, police said. Massachusetts State Police and the Weston Fire Department responded to the scene just before noon to find…

A driver is in custody after leading police on a pursuit along Route 128.

A suspect appears to have been apprehended after leading police on a pursuit that came to an end in Weston, Massachusetts on Monday morning.

A suspect appears to have been apprehended after leading police on a pursuit that ended in Weston, Massachusetts on Monday morning.

A suspect appears to have been apprehended after leading police on a pursuit that came to an end Monday morning in Weston, Massachusetts. One person was seen being taken into custody on Route 30 in Weston near Interstate 95 and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Aerial footage showed multiple Massachusetts Sate Police vehicles surrounding a car on what appeared to be a…

A Massachusetts state trooper was badly injured when his cruiser was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer late Tuesday night. Police now say that the driver of the tractor-trailer had fallen asleep at the wheel.

A Massachusetts state trooper suffered serious injuries when his unmarked cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer on I-95 southbound in Weston, Massachusetts.