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The mother of a 9-year-old Dartmouth girl says she was struck in the head with a wire when a freight train brought down a utility pole in New Bedford.

A vehicle left the roadway, slid into a wooded area, and burst into flames.

State police say the box truck driver rear-ended a slow-moving tractor-trailer in Marlborough.

Two vehicles collided at the intersection of Rt. 79 and Rt. 18.

Raymond Prevost injured a police officer before crashing his SUV into a Fall River bridge abutment, police allege.

The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. in the westbound lane just past the Rt. 103 exit.

An 18-year-old driver was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital following a Rt. 79 crash.

Police say a Boston man rolled his Infiniti sedan and hit a treet.

The victim may have fallen into the roadway before being hit, police said.

Police say initial reports are that one vehicle tried to pass another, and then struck a vehicle in the opposite lane, causing the accident.