A 12-year-old girl is recovering after being run over by a landscaping trailer. This happened while she was riding her bike in Laconia on Wednesday morning. The police say she was riding her bike on a sidewalk at around 7:30 near North Main and Oak Streets. She was using her…
A motorcyclist in his 60s suffered severe injuries after colliding with a car on Range Road and was airlifted to Tufts Medical Center in Boston to receive treatment. Semi-conscious when police arrived, the victim complained of back and abdominal pain and a numbness in his legs. The accident occurred…
Massachusetts state law is what controls the aspects of a wrongful death lawsuit that deals with who has the right to file the lawsuit in court. Typically, only immediate family members of the victim have standing to sue the person or entity that caused the death. But the definition of…
Motorcyclist in Massachusetts are not alone, they have protections in this state. Many of the bike accidents in this state occur because of negligent motor vehicle drivers. However, protecting your rights after a collision may not be so easy since the insurance companies work diligently to minimize the settlements in…
Did you know that taking your eyes off the road while driving 55 miles per hour, for even one sec means that you will have missed traveling the length of a football field. That is a lot of scenery and roadway conditions you would have missed. Five seconds are the…
Information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that some of the most dangerous months of the year to be driving are July and August. As summer approaches, it is important to learn about what makes summer driving so dangerous. Some cities in Massachusetts will report an increase in drivers during…
Riding a bicycle is typically a very safe activity. Especially now that there are better pieces of safety equipment available, and increased motorist awareness of the dangers of sharing the road. Bicyclists also have their own set of laws to which they must abide like motorists. Bicyclists have the duty,…
Car collisions are sudden. They happen in the middle of a tranquil, uneventful drive. That quick minute can result in minor injuries or tragic fatality. Once you are safe from the immediate harm of the accident, shock can quickly set in. It can be hard to think or understand the…
At 8:58 a.m. on Tuesday, Belmont Police responded to reports of a car accident at Belmont Street and Newton Street. The incident involved a 2011 BMW, whose driver was a female resident of Belmont. The female driver hit a man on a bicycle; the man was also a Belmont resident.…
Madison Bumgarner has been the Ace of San Francisco Giants’ pitching for quite some time. Even though the team has not gotten off to a great start in the 2017 season, fans and team officials were hoping that some better offense and good pitching performances by the likes of Bumgarner…