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DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth emergency crews were called to the scene of a serious crash in the vicinity of 413 Cross Road Monday night. The crash took place just west of Faunce Corner Road around 9 p.m. as a 2014 Ford F350 apparently lost control, crashing through a telephone pole and colliding with a stone wall, coming to rest on it's roof...

A serious motor vehicle accident in Wareham has sent two people to the hospital, one of whom is in critical condition. Massachusetts State Police say a 2016 Dodge Challenger crashed on route 495 at about 1:35 this afternoon, just north of the Route 195 exchange...

NEW BEDFORD - A homeless woman was hit by a car near downtown New Bedford Thursday afternoon. Police say the accident took place as a car traveling east on Route 6 towards Fairhaven hit the 40-year-old woman as she was crossing the street at the "octopus" intersection at 3:20 p...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford woman is being charged after she crashed into several parked cars in the city. Police responded to the accident before 11 P.M. Wednesday night, and found 42-year-old Dawn Lynn Costa leaning against her vehicle which had hit two parked cars in front of 40 Linden Street...

NEW BEDFORD - An impromptu lesson in driving went horribly wrong in New Bedford's North End Monday night. New Bedford Police say a 19-year-old man had allowed a 16-year-old male juvenile to drive his car in the parking lot of Normandin Middle School around 9 P...

DARTMOUTH - A Dartmouth woman is hospitalized after being struck by a car this morning. Dartmouth Police say 46-year-old Melissa Parker was walking near 212 Old Westport Road, clost to the intersection of Old Westport and Cross Roads just before 7:30 Monday morning when she was struck by a 2005 Mercedes driven by 18-year-old Valentino Aiello of Dartmouth...

DAYTONA, FL - An Acushnet man is dead and his wife injured after a motorcycle accident in Florida. Media outlets in Daytona, Florida report that 71-year-old Glen Sturgeon, Jr., of Acushnet was stopping for traffic on his 2005 Harley-Davidson on I-4 Saturday morning, when he was hit from behind by another motorcycle driven by 75-year-old Bruce Jussila of Kissimmee, Florida...

A bicyclist was struck by an 18-wheeler on Coggeshall Street this morning. The victim was attempting to cross Coggeshall Street at the 7-11 store when he was struck by the truck. The victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention...

LAKEVILLE - A Wareham man is dead after a single-car crash in Lakeville Sunday morning. Massachusetts State Police responded to the crash just before 6 A.M. on Route 140 North between Exits 8 and 9 in Lakeville. Preliminary investigation reveals the 2007 Toyota Camry was traveling north on Route 140 past Exit 8 in Lakeville when the vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a tree ..

UPDATE 2/17 - The victim has been identified as 55-year-old Rosemarie Machado of New Bedford. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Original Story 2/16 - A 55-year-old New Bedford woman was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash on Route 25 in Bourne...