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The Boston Globe reports that a 31-year-old woman and two children sustained serious injuries after they were struck by a Ford pickup truck while crossing Nantasket Avenue in Hull early Tuesday evening just before 6:00 p.m. What Happened The woman and two children, ages 9 and 11, were crossing the roadway when an unidentified 61-year-old man from Hull hit the pedestrians with his truck. The 11-year-old girl and t [...]

An unidentified Somerville woman was struck by a Department of Public Works dump truck this morning just after 8:00 a.m. The Boston Globe reports that the woman is in her 50s and that she sustained injuries considered to be life-threatening. The woman was reportedly crossing Washington Street in Somerville in the area of Webster Avenue when the dump truck struck her. Emergency workers transported the woman and th [...]

The Boston Globe reported this morning that an unidentified 74-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle as she was crossing Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge last night at about 8:30 p.m.  According to authorities, the unnamed driver immediately stopped after the fatal pedestrian accident and has cooperated with police. The elderly woman was transported to an area hospital, where she succumbed to her critical injuri [...]

Jize Ma, 18, an exchange student at Merrimack College from Dalian, Liaoning Province, China was killed Sunday night after he was struck by a vehicle while walking with a friend on Route 114 in North Andover. The Eagle Tribune has reported that Ma and his friend were walking along 114 East near Stop & Shop and the Jasmine Plaza when Ma was hit by an unidentified driver from Andover. Ma was rushed to an area ho [...]

An unidentified 58-year-old man was struck and killed last night by a Jeep operated by Plymouth resident Sean Cunniff, 41, as the unnamed pedestrian attempted to cross Cranberry Highway in East Wareham. According to South Coast Today, the fatal pedestrian accident took place just before 8:00 p.m. The pedestrian was crossing the busy roadway near Cape Cod Gas to get to the trailer park across the highway when he w [...]

Mauricio Donez-Lopez, 32, of New Bedford was pushing his Dodge Caravan in the right lane of Route 18 in New Bedford on Wednesday night after he ran out of gas when he was hit by a Nissan Altima, severing his leg. The Nissan was driven by 25-year-old Tania Pinto of Dartmouth. Donez-Lopez was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for his severe car accident injury and was then transported to a Providence hospital fo [...]

Kourtney Vieira, 18, of Wareham, was struck by a minivan and killed on Route 195 in Marion on Sunday evening around 6:30pm as she walked in the right travel lane. The Honda Odyssey that struck Vieira was operated by David Benevides, 71, of Onset. Vieira was transported to a local hospital, which is where she was pronounced dead. It was reported that the car she had been in had run out of gas on Route 195. Auth [...]

Joao Amaral, 84, of New Bedford, has been named in an update from earlier this morning as the elderly man who was hit by a Star Oil Company truck Monday afternoon while in a crosswalk at the intersection of Purchase Street and Hillman Street in New Bedford. John Duarte, 74, of Acushnet, has been named as the truck driver of the Star Oil Company truck. Amarel was still listed in serious condition yesterday at a Bos [...]

The Boston Globe is reporting today that a teenage male died this morning in a single-vehicle crash on Route 140 North in New Bedford. The accident was described as a rollover accident and happened during the morning commute around 7:30 a.m. The unidentified teen was declared dead at the scene of the accident, while two other unnamed individuals in the car were rushed to an area hospital for medical treatment. It [...]

A weather system over the weekend brought the 2012 winter season’s first substantial snowfall to eastern Massachusetts, causing icy road conditions which spurred a series of auto accidents on the region’s highways, according to Boston.com. Somerville Pedestrian Accident One of the crashes caused by the overnight onslaught of winter weather involved a 25-year-old Stoneham man, who was hit by a WHDH-TV Ford Expl [...]