MEDWAY – A head-on collision Friday night sent three local teenagers to the hospital — two by medical helicopter — with serious injuries.
Police received multiple 911 calls around 9:45 p.m. reporting that two vehicles had struck head-on near 170 Holliston St., just south of the intersection with Fairway Lane, police stated in a press release.
Responding officers found two girls, ages 17 and 18, in one car, and a 16-year-old boy in a second car. Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles.
The names of the teenagers were not released at press time, but Police Chief Allen Tingley said he believes the girls are from Medway, and the boy is from Holliston.
Firefighters and police officers from Medway, Holliston, Millis and Franklin used several sets of hydraulic rescue tools to free the trapped teens, police said.
The drivers were taken by helicopter to the trauma center at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. The male driver was critically injured, while the female driver had serious injuries.
“The boy appeared to be pretty badly injured,” Fire Chief Paul Trufant said. “We were working on both cars at the same time with two groups of firefighters.”
The female passenger was taken by ambulance to Milford Regional Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.
“It was a unique situation for us because we had three separate scenes to tend to,” Tingley said. “We had people trapped in two separate vehicles, and then the scene at the middle school for the helicopters’ landing zone, so it stretched our manpower.”
Paramedics from Events EMS also responded to the scene with ambulances equipped with Advanced Life Support, Trufant said.
Initial investigations showed that the male teenager was driving northbound on Holliston Street when he crossed the center line and struck the southbound vehicle nearly head-on, police said.
A third vehicle, driven by the 18-year-old brother of the male driver, was also involved in the crash, but he was not injured, police said.
“Preliminary investigation shows that (the 16-year-old driver) was trying to pass his brother, and he crossed the centerline and hit the girls,” Tingley said.
John Garvey, 22, of Medway was killed in a car accident on the same stretch of Holliston Street in early April. His passenger, 22-year-old William Choate, also of Medway, was seriously injured.
Medway police and fire and the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Unit were on the scene until 2:30 a.m. investigating the crash, Trufant said.
Holliston Fire Department covered Medway’s station during the investigation, which is ongoing, according to the police report. Police did not say whether speed was also a factor.
DORCHESTER – Police say an 8-year-old boy was driving a car that crashed into a home and damaged its foundation in Dorchester, Massachusetts on Wednesday.
The car was wedged under the porch of the home after the boy allegedly put the car into reverse, slammed on the gas and squeezed through two parked cars before hitting a house.
“When we arrived we found out that an 8-year-old adolescent from across the street had started his mother’s car, jumped in reverse, he raced across the street. Luckily he didn’t hit two parked cars,” said Deputy Chief Robert Dunderdale of the Boston Fire Department. “You can see there’s substantial damage to the house.”
Neighbors said they heard the crash from inside their homes.
“All I heard was kids screaming, you know, just kids screaming — just mortified,” said Emma Swinton.
The boy behind the wheel was checked out at a hospital. A neighbor said the boy is doing fine.
Authorities said it is a miracle that the boy was not injured, especially after nearly hitting two parked cars.”We measured. It was a tight fit. He ripped off his rear-view mirror, that’s how close it was,” said Dunderdale.
Police said the boy’s mother told them the 8-year-old started the car, put it in reverse and then backed out of the driveway.
There is no word on why the boy was behind the wheel.
Police say the accident is still under investigation.
UPDATE, 3 p.m.: Salem Deputy Police Chief Shawn Patten said the driver of the Honda, who identified himself to Patch as Aleci, was at fault in the crash and was taken for a blood test.
Patten said impairment on the driver’s part was not suspected but did anticipate he will face charges related to the crash.
Patten said the female driver of the Volvo was transported to Lawrence General Hospital where she was then taken by Medflight to a Boston hospital.
He described her injuries as “life-threatening.” Patten did not have an identification for her.
He said the Salem Police Technical Accident Reconstruction team was investigating the crash.
UPDATE, 2 p.m.: Route 111 has been re-opened after a crash that injured one heavily damaged two four-door sedans in North Salem Tuesday afternoon.
The driver of one of the cars, Vincent J. Aleci of Haverhill, Mass., said he was traveling east on Route 111 in a red Honda Accord and was looking for a place to use a restroom.
“I wanted to stop somewhere,” Aleci said. “I was coming around the bend. I looked up and she was right in front of me.”
According to Aleci, the female driver of a green Volvo S40 was on Zachary’s Crossing at the Route 111 intersection when he hit her.
Aleci’s vehicle crashed into a road sign in the Zachary’s Crossing median and snapped it off at the bottom.
His vehicle suffered heavy front-end damage while the Volvo sustained heavy driver’s side damage.
Aleci said he suffered scratches on his hand. He was hopeful the female driver would be alright.
EARLIER STORY: Police are at the scene of a two-car accident with serious injuries at Zachary’s Crossing Road and Route 111 in Salem.
The crash occurred around 12:55 p.m., according to emergency radio broadcasts. Two people were removed from the vehicles, and one, described as a woman in her 20s, is being taken to Lawrence General Hospital with serious injuries. One of the cars involved has Massachusetts plates, and the other has New Hampshire plates.
The crash is causing delays, with traffic headed east on Route 111 being diverted down Zachary’s Crossing Road.
A Massachusetts State Police trooper is in the hospital after he was struck by a car in Lynn Friday night, shortly after stopping another vehicle.
The trooper, whose name has not been released, had stopped an alleged drunk driver when state police say the driver, Nestor Mendez, 25, tried to flee and drove at the trooper as he approached the car, causing him to jump out of the way. The trooper was then struck by a second vehicle.
The trooper was transported to Salem Hospital with upper and lower body injuries. He was said to be conscious and alert.
Mendez was apprehended shortly after. He was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; assault and battery on a police officer; leaving the scene of a personal injury crash; and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
FALL RIVER – A three-car crash on Route 24 sent two people to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon.
According to Trooper Thomas Murphy of the Massachusetts State Police, the accident occurred at 3 p.m. on Route 24 southbound near the President Avenue exit. The operator of a 1999 Mitsubishi Galant, 21-year old Arjenis Marcial-Santiago, was transported to Charlton Memorial Hospital and a 19-year old Swansea resident, who was driving a 2004 Toyota RAV 4, was transported to Saint Anne’s Hospital. Neither injury was believed to be life-threatening. Fifty-nine-year-old Randy Rauchle of Middletown, R.I., operating a 2012 Porsche, was not injured in the crash.
Murphy said all lanes of traffic were blocked for a brief period and the scene was completely cleared by 4:15 p.m. The cause of the accident remains under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police.
HANCOCK – Massachusetts State Police have released the identity of the New York man killed in a car crash in the Berkshires over the weekend.
Police say 24-year-old Michael Demick of Stephentown was driving west on Brodie Mountain Road in Hancock when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a vehicle headed east just after 8 p.m. on Saturday.
Demick’s pickup truck caught fire and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people in the other vehicle were taken to North Adams Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation but police say speed appears to be a factor.
Police: Man Trapped In Vehicle After Road Rage Accident
ANDOVER – A New Hampshire state trooper and an off-duty firefighter helped rescue a man after the trooper, Gov. John Lynch and the first lady witnessed what police are calling a road rage accident in Andover, Mass.
Trooper Scott Frye was traveling with the governor and first lady in an official capacity on Interstate 93 around exit 44 when they saw the incident.
Police said the vehicle went over a guardrail, down an embankment and landed on its driver’s side and caught fire. The driver was stuck inside.
Off-duty Manchester firefighter Keith Knight said he scrambled down the embankment after seeing the crash.
“I said, ‘Hey buddy, you OK?’” Knight said. “He kind of moaned and groaned.
“Frye grabbed a fire extinguisher from the trunk of his cruiser and quickly joined Knight as Lynch called 911.
The injured driver continually called out and pleaded not to let him burn. His legs were trapped under the dashboard as the fire approached, popping one of the vehicle’s tires, rescuers said.
Police said Frye climbed through the front windshield of the burning vehicle and freed the man’s legs. Knight helped Frye pull the man to safety.
“Each of us grabbed an arm, and we tugged the guy three, four, five times, and on the fifth try, we ended up getting him out through the windshield out to the grass,” Knight said.
Seconds later, fire consumed the vehicle, police said.
The trooper and the firefighter earned big praise from Lynch. “They are the real heroes,” he said.
“They saved this guy’s life, and we should all be grateful for their actions.
“Frye said he was just doing his job.
“I was only doing what any other trooper or public safety official would do in that circumstance,” he said. “I am just glad that everyone is OK.”
The driver was identified by Massachusetts State Police as Steven R. Marques, 61, of Methuen, Mass. Police said they believe a road-rage incident between Marques’ car and a red pickup truck preceding the crash.
Massachusetts police said Marques’ vehicle tried to pass another car in center lane but clipped it and lost control. The red pickup truck did not stop, police said.
Marques, a Peabody, Mass., police officer, was hospitalized in critical condition.
Frye was treated and released at a local hospital for smoke inhalation.
This wasn’t the first time Lynch arrived early to an accident scene. In November, the governor came upon a three-car pile-up in Derry. He and the trooper driving him blocked oncoming traffic and checked on the people in the cars.
In 2007, a woman who accidentally drove her car into a ditch in Hopkinton was surprised to find Lynch and his state trooper detail were the first to respond. The governor got behind the wheel of the woman’s car and the trooper pushed, but they had to end up relying on a tow truck to get the car out of the ditch.
ANDOVER – New Hampshire State Police say a trooper has been hurt while rescuing a man from a fiery crash in Massachusetts.
Authorities say it happened Sunday evening on Interstate 93 in Andover.
Investigators say Trooper Scott Frye was traveling with Gov. John Lynch and his wife in an official capacity when they witnessed a road rage incident that led to a fiery crash.
They say a vehicle involved in the crash rolled down an embankment and trapped the driver inside.
Authorities say Lynch called 911 and Frye grabbed a fire extinguisher to help rescue the man. Frye then climbed into the burning car and an off-duty firefighter helped him pull the driver to safety.
Frye was treated and released at a hospital for smoke inhalation.
MARLBOROUGH — A 68-year-old man — one of four people involved in a crash on Route 2 — was killed Saturday after his car was hit by a wrong-way driver, state police said.
Richard Sullivan was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police said he had been driving with 66-year-old Barbara Sullivan on Route 2 westbound just east of the Glastonbury town line. Around 4:15 p.m., the couple’s 2008 Subaru Impreza was hit by a 2011 Nissan Rogue driven by 22-year-old Lingxin Wu.
Wu, of Roanoak Avenue in the Willimantic section of Windham, crashed into the Subaru’s driver-side door, state police said. A third car — a 2006 Honda Accord driven by Jerry Johnson, of Massachusetts — was unable to avoid the accident and hit the Sullivans’ Subaru as it was spinning out of control, state police said.
Both Barbara and Richard Sullivan, of Old Richard Road in the Huntington section of Shelton, were seriously injured upon impact. State police said Richard Sullivan sustained fatal injuries in the crash and Barbara Sullivan was paralyzed.
Barbara Sullivan was taken by ambulance to Hartford Hospital. Wu, who was also paralyzed in the crash, was taken by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, state police said.
Johnson was not injured.
Everyone involved in the crash had a seatbelt on at the time of the crash, but Barbara Sullivan and Johnson’s airbags did not deploy, state police said.
A 62-year-old Framingham man died on Saturday morning after being hit by a car while checking his mailbox.
Robert Weitzler was checking the mailbox at his Edmunds Road home on Friday when he was hit by a car. The car threw Weitzler 20 feet. He was flown to Boston Medical Center via med flight where he was pronounced deceased shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday.
Framingham and Massachusetts State Police are still investigating the fatal accident. They say the operator did stop at the scene.
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FALL RIVER – A three-car crash on Route 24 sent two people to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon.