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Driver killed in terrifying SUV crash in Boston identified
BOSTON - The driver who was killed when his burning SUV smashed through a barrier and plummeted 40 feet onto a road in Boston earlier this week has been identified.Massachusetts State Police said 31-year-old Casey Brown of Plymouth was the only person in the Dodge Durango at the time of the horrific crash Wednesday morning.Investigators said Brown was driving the SUV on the Massachusetts Avenue Connector over Interstate 93 when it sped through the intersection with Frontage Road around 9:40 a.m. The 2004 Durango slammed into a concrete barrier and though a chain link fence. It caught fire and fell...
Plymouth man killed in rollover crash remembered as ‘inspiring example’
A 50-year-old Plymouth man killed in a rollover crash on Route 3 on Friday evening was remembered in his obituary as an adoring father of two children and a friend to all. Daniel Zilinski was driving a Nissan Rogue south on Route 3 around 5 p.m. on May 31 when, for reasons unclear to investigators, it went off the left side of the road and landed on its roof in the Eel River, killing him and seriously injuring his two kids, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Missing man's family says second body found at Brockton wastewater plant ID'ed as his
BROCKTON — For the second time in two weeks, a body has been found at Brockton's wastewater treatment plant. Family of Robert McCarthy, a man who had been missing since May 23, said authorities told them on Thursday that the body found Thursday is him. Authorities have not confirmed this identification. Marnie McCarthy, a...
GPS monitor and blood trail help police find suicidal man near Route 3A
A police search for a 20-year-old man who had cut his wrists before fleeing from a medical facility in the Cohasset area on Wednesday ended peacefully, according to Cohasset police. The escaped man said he wanted to die and was bleeding heavily after cutting his wrists with a razor, the...
Karen Read trial: Prosecution may pay price after 'mirrored' video evidence, law professor says
DEDHAM, Mass. — Prosecutors have a three-day weekend to consider how they will try to recover from the cross-examination of an investigator who struggled to answer questions about "mirrored" video evidence in the trial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of hitting John O'Keefe, her boyfriend, with an SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm.
Karen Read's Lawyer Says Police 'Manipulated' Video of Her Car After Sgt. Acknowledges Footage Is Inverted
In explaining why he believed this video was so important to the case, Karen Read's attorney, Alan Jackson, said: "Somebody had to put that on the inverted, the manipulated, the altered video on purpose."
Car crashes into Rockland house, causing oil lank to leak
ROCKLAND, MASS. (WHDH) - A car crashed through a fence and into a house in Rockland, striking an oil tank and causing a leak Thursday evening, officials confirmed. A man sitting on his front porch on Crescent Street saw the incident unfold. He said a woman who lives on the street was about to park her car when she drove into her neighbor’s house.
Sentencing Today For Pair In Wareham Thefts
The duo charged with stealing nearly six-grand in merchandise from stores at the Wareham Crossing shopping center are due in court today. Thirty-five-year-old Bianca Cruz and 34-year-old Jeremy Menendez were arrested last month after an Ulta Beauty employee saw them in action and called police. Law enforcement found the stolen...
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