Posted on May 3, 2018
An unprovoked PVTA bus incident took place that ended with two passenger’s throats being slashed. The incident happened when 26-year-old Brietta Brown pulled out her knife and started threatening passengers on board a bus. She then slashed two people who didn’t provoke her.
The driver quickly pulled the bus onto Route 9 near a restaurant to try and get the situation under control. He and the passengers wrestled away the weapon and the woman continued to struggle.
26-year-old Nicholas Lombardi was killed in a motorcycle accident in Quincy Point. Lombardi had been traveling on Quincy Avenue aroun 7:30 pm when he lost control of his vehicle. He collided with another car and was thrown from the vehicle. Lombardi’s motorcycle continued and struck another vehicle down the road.
No other injuries were reported and Lombardi died at the hospital from his injuries. It’s suspected the Lombardi was speeding at the time of the crash.
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Jacquelyn Perry was killed in a single-car crash on I-195 in Wareham on Tuesday. Massachusetts State Police released the identity Wednesday. Perry was 30 years old when she was killed in her 2001 Honda Civic. As the vehicle veered off the highway, Perry overcorrected and the car rolled over into the woods. Perry was killed at the scene and was the sole death. No other injuries were reported
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32-year-old Edgar Diaz is being held on $7,500 bail after running through a stop sign and hitting a young toddler with his pickup truck. The young toddler suffered a broken leg from the accident on the corner of Massasoit Street. The child’s mother, Caren Ventura, was at the scene of the accident.
Diaz fled the scene on foot but was restrained by a group of women before police arrived. The street is known to have a speeding issue, and police say there have been several accidents on the street since January 2017, three of which resulted in injuries.
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A call was received Tuesday night, April 1, 2018, that a pedestrian man was struck by a SB MBTA commuter train. The accident happened around 7:55 pm near the Middleboro/Lakeville stop just after the Bridgewater stop. This is west of Everett Street, near Route 44.
Middleboro police and fire departments responded to the call. When they arrived, they discovered the man had been killed by the impact. The crash scene was about half a mile long.
Early Tuesday evening, May 1, 2018, a car and RV collided causing injuries to the driver of the vehicle. The accident happened around 6:00 pm at a business off of Route 20.
Both the car and the RV caught on fire immediately upon impact. Charlton Police state the accident was in the parking lot of O’Malley’s Truck & Auto Body. Preliminary investigations show that the car was travelling through the parking lot when it struck the stationary RV.
A man carrying his bike was struck and killed on train tracks Wednesday, May 2, 2018 in Ayer. The train was stopped in Ayer for the rest of the day while the investigation proceeded.
The man was struck by an incoming train, while Transit police state he was trespassing. He was transported to Nashoba Valley Medical Center where he was later died from his injuries.
Natalia, who turns three next week, was struck by a truck Tuesday night, May 1, 2018, at the corner of Montmorenci Street and Massasoit Street. The accident happened around 7:00 pm.
The truck was driven by 32-year-old Edgar Diaz of Springfield. Diaz originally ran on foot from the accident. He was caught a little farther down the street and held there until the police arrived. Diaz was found to not have a valid driver’s license.
Only so much can be done to prevent an accident from occurring.
Responsible cyclists take every measure to be safe. Obeying the rules of the road, staying inside designed bike lanes at all times, utilizing reflectors and lamps during evening hours, and, of course, wearing a helmet, are all crucial to preventing injury.
From 2006 to 2016 there were over 143,000 payments made for medical malpractice instances. This resulted in over 433,000 adverse actions and required over 60,000 medical practitioners to seek reinstatement, according to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in America. This means that medical negligence deaths rank just behind heart disease and cancer. This fact shows just how common medical malpractice cases can be across the country.
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