behind the wheel

A man will be summonsed to court after being found passed out behind the wheel of his car in New Bedford.

One man has been arrested after police say he and a passenger overdosed behind the wheel of a pickup truck that crashed into a tree in New Bedford. Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the accident took place Saturday night near the intersection of Purchase and Sawyer Streets in the North End...

New Bedford Police will now begin charging people who overdose on heroin and other drugs behind the wheel of their vehicle. The announcement was made Wednesday and comes after a New Bedford man was found overdosing in his truck in the West End last week, with many people on social media and talk radio asking why he wasn't charged...