Articles Posted in Car Accidents

According to a recent news report from the Boston Herald, pregnant woman was it by a car in a two-vehicle accident and is now in critical care at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).  This woman is 24-years-old.  While every accident is different, as the facts are never the same, this accident appears to be very far from an “accident” by any meaning of the word, based upon charges filed against alleged at-fault driver by local police and the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.

Authorities have said the driver, who is the same age as the victim, was driving his vehicle when he crashed into the victim’s Jeep in a manner that is alleged to be intentional.  Police arrested alleged at-fault driver following the serious car accident and charged him with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (ABDW).  In this case, the dangerous weapon is alleged to be his vehicle.  While we typically think of a dangerous weapon as gun or a knife, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a dangerous weapon can be an item designed as a weapon, like a gun or knife, but it can also be any ordinary item, so long as it is being used as a weapon.  For example, if someone kicks a victim while wearing a shoe, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that can be charged as assault with a dangerous weapon, with the weapon being a “shod foot.”  In this case, it is alleged that the car is the dangerous weapon, which his actually quite common. Continue reading

According to a recent news report from Mass Live, a defendant was arrested after he allegedly fled the scene of serious traffic accident in Holyoke, Mass. The accident from which he allegedly fled was a multiple-car accident with several personal injury victims.

Authorities have said the driver was operating his motor vehicle when he lost control of the car for reasons unknown at this time, and headed towards an exit ramp from Interstate 91 in the wrong direction.  Once he reached the ramp, he crashed into a car that was headed down the ramp off the highway.   After allegedly hitting this first vehicle, he put the car in reverse to get away from the scene of this accident and supposedly crashed into another vehicle.  Continue reading

As we get closer to summer, we are likely to see more serious car accidents involving teen drivers.  With the warm weather and high school students out of school, and the amount of new drivers on the road, this annual spike in teen auto auto accidents has become an annual phenomenon known as the “Hundred Deadliest Days of Teen Driving.”

While we aren’t quite into the 100-day period that runs roughly from Memorial Day to Labor Day, there will likely be a gradual increase in the amount of teen driving accidents leading up to that point.  According to a recent news feature, a 17-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital following a serious single vehicle crash.  It is believed that her injuries are life-threatening.  Continue reading

According to a recent report from The Boston Herald, eight people were sent to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  The accident happened in front of a local restaurant and involved a Nissan Altima and a Honda Accord.

Authorities have said the accident occurred prior to four in the afternoon when the driver of the Honda Accord was trying to turn into the restaurant parking lot.  Allegedly, the driver of the Honda cut off the other driver when trying to pull into the lot, and this caused the Nissan to crash into the rear of the Honda. Continue reading

According to recent news from CBS Boston, three people were injured when a car crashed into a barber shop in Mattapan.  Witnesses say the accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. and this was not an accident in the typical sense.

It is being reported that a man was being chased by the driver of an SUV who was allegedly trying to kill him.  A witness has said the man being chased by the SUV ran into a local barber shop to avoid being run over by the car.  Unfortunately for this man, the driver of the SUV crashed his vehicle into the barbershop on purpose and hit the man he was allegedly chasing.  The intended victim was hit by the SUV and became trapped beneath it.  Continue reading

According to a recent news report from The Boston Globe, two college students were driving through campus at Endicott College on a street that goes between most of the dorms when the car lost control and crashed into a utility pole.

Authorities say the driver of the car was from a college in the New England area and the passenger who was killed as result of this tragic car accident was a student at Endicott College where the accident occurred.  Continue reading