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State Police are releasing more details on a fiery fatal crash in Middleborough this morning. Commanding Officer Anthony Thomas of Massachusetts State Police Troop D briefed reporters this morning on the wrong-way crash on I-495 northbound near Exit 3 that took place just after 12am...

Five people are dead following a wrong-way crash in Middleborough this morning. Massachusetts State Police say the crash took place shortly after 12am this morning when a vehicle with one occupant heading southbound on the northbound side of the highway struck a car carrying four people near Exit 3...

UPDATE 9AM - Five digital highway construction signs in New Bedford and Dartmouth were apparently hacked last nigh One of the signs located just after Exit 13 on 195 Eastbound in New Bedford read "HILLARY 4 PRISON", with another sign on Faunce Corner Road in Dartmouth near the Dartmouth Mall reading "TRUMP 4 PRESIDENT...

A Wareham man has died from his injuries after he was hit by a car in the town Monday night. The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office says 56-year-old Ernest Robert Raddatz died less than an hour after the hit-and-run on Cranberry Highway...

A major car fire is being reported on Interstate 195 East in Dartmouth this morning. State Police tell WBSM News the fire was reported before 8:30 Wednesday morning. The mishap has prompted officials to shut down all eastbound travel lanes between exits 10 and 11 as emergency crews bring the scene under control...

A Fall River man is in critical condition following an accident on Route 24 Monday night. State Police say the 66-year-old man was walking along the northbound side of the highway in Fall River just before 10pm, when he walked into the right travel lane and was struck by a Toyota Avalon driven by a 59-year-old Taunton woman...

A New Bedford man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend on a highway in 2014 has been sentenced in Fall River Superior Court. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn's Office says 29-year-old Luis Cirino was convicted of strangulation, intimidation, and aggravated assault and battery after a three-day jury trial...

If you wondered why 495 was shut down earlier today, it was because a dog was running loose in the travel lanes.

State police are investigating a late-night shooting on Interstate 495 in Wrentham.

Mayor Jon Mitchell wants to change the name of a section of Route 18. In a letter to the City Council, Mayor Mitchell is requesting the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway be changed to John. F. Kennedy Boulevard. Mitchell tells WBSM News after the redesign from Elm street to Cove street, the new name is a better representation, "By calling it a boulevard, it will convey to people that it is par