Worcester Personal Injury Law Blog

No parent in Massachusetts -- or anywhere else -- should have to watch the life drain out of his or her child. Sadly, that is what one out-of-state mother was forced to do in August 2010. A precautionary trip to the hospital after a household accident led to what the mother says were emergency room errors that killed her son.

The then 7-year-old boy was outside playing, got dirty and went in to take a bath. The first time his mother came in to check on him, she instructed him to refill the tub with clean water. She then went outside to talk and drink a cup of coffee with her father.

Massachusetts State Police detectives and the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section (CARS) are investigating a crash that took place in Scituate recently between a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle in tandem with local authorities. It is too early to tell whether charges are going to be filed in connection with the motorcycle vs. auto accident. County prosecutors will make that determination once it is believed all of the pertinent information has been gathered.

Information gathered to this point indicates that as the motorcycle was traveling south, a vehicle pulled out of a driveway and crashed into the motorcycle. The motorcycle rider suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Sadly, a lifelong friend of the victim was driving the vehicle right behind the motorcycle at the time of the crash.

Rush hour traffic on Interstate 95 south in Massachusetts was backed up for nearly 27 miles recently after an SUV collided with two other vehicles. At last report, police remained in the dark as to the cause of the deadly car accident. Once a cause is determined, the driver deemed to have been at fault could face criminal charges.

So far, police determined that an SUV originally in the northbound lanes of travel crossed the median into oncoming traffic in the southbound lanes. That vehicle struck another vehicle head-on. However, the northbound vehicle did not stop there. It continued on to slam into yet another vehicle before finally coming to rest.

Drunk drivers across the country continue to take the lives of innocent people, despite the plethora of information and proof that driving under the influence is dangerous. Recently, a pedestrian in Massachusetts was struck and killed in what police believe was a drunk driving accident. Witnesses indicate the pedestrian was in the crosswalk when he was hit. Police later located the vehicle and driver believed to be responsible.

Police and fire responded to a call regarding a person in a crosswalk being run down by a white box truck that failed to stop. Firefighters who heard the description of the vehicle alerted police that they saw a box truck matching it. Police converged on the area, and the box truck was pulled over for driving the wrong way down the street.