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Car and train collide in Yarmouth

Car and train collide in Yarmouth

25 Jan 2012

YARMOUTH – An elderly driver in Yarmouth crashed her car into a moving train. Shockingly, the woman managed to escape with only minor injuries. ...

Report: Witherspoon Waives Charges

Report: Witherspoon Waives Charges

09 Sep 2011

…reported Friday. The Oscar winner was running along Georgina Avenue in Santa Monica, Calif., when she was hit by the elderly driver Wednesday. The car was traveling at 20mph (32kph) when the accident occurred. Santa Monica police said Witherspoon was… ...

Elderly driver crashes into pharmacy

Elderly driver crashes into pharmacy

21 Jun 2011

MELROSE - Two Rite Aid Pharmacy employees were injured after an elderly man jumped the curb and drove his car into the store in Melrose this afternoon. The two female employees and the driver were taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. ...

Elderly driver crashes into home

Elderly driver crashes into home

08 Mar 2011

WEYMOUTH - Police say an elderly driver was behind a multi-car collision in Weymouth that came to an end in a family's home. ...

Tracking Down Erratic Drivers

Tracking Down Erratic Drivers

09 Feb 2011

…Trooper Miskell hit the blue lights and the gas. Minutes later we saw the dangerous scene for ourselves. It turned out the elderly driver had a medical issue. An ambulance was called, and the SUV was towed away. The person who phoned it in may have saved the… ...

Commuter Rail train hits car

Commuter Rail train hits car

06 Dec 2010

BRAINTREE - An elderly driver was hurt after driving her car onto Commuter Rail tracks in Braintree on Monday evening. ...

Person struck by car seriously injured

Person struck by car seriously injured

10 Sep 2010

…victim was transported to Brigham & Women's hospital with life-threatening injuries. There are reports that it was an elderly driver who struck the victim. The Jamaicaway was shut down on the Brookline side while crews responded. The victim was not immediately… ...

Test drive gone wrong

Test drive gone wrong

12 Aug 2010

A brick wall is the only thing that stopped a car from crashing right through a bakery in Stoneham. Police say an elderly driver rammed into Colarusso's Bakery on Main Street yesterday. Investigators say the 88-year-old woman was test driving… ...

Elderly driver rescued from marina

Elderly driver rescued from marina

07 Aug 2010

NEW BEDFORD - An elderly driver had to be rescued after the car she was driving went straight into a marina. ...

Elderly driver in parade crash cited

Elderly driver in parade crash cited

05 Aug 2010

NEWBURYPORT - A 91-year-old man who hit three people with the minivan he was driving at the end of a parade in Newburyport has been cited by police. ...

Four injured in parade crash

Four injured in parade crash

01 Aug 2010

NEWBURYPORT - Four people were sent to the hospital after an elderly driver plowed into a group of onlookers at the Yankee Homecoming Parade in Newburyport on Sunday. ...

Car crashes through supermarket

Car crashes through supermarket

24 Jul 2010

YARMOUTHPORT - A supermarket worker was injured after a car being driven by a reported female elderly driver crashed through the entrance of Peterson’s Supermarket on Route 6A in Yarmouthport on Saturday afternoon. ...

Gov: Elderly driving limits will return

Gov: Elderly driving limits will return

07 Jul 2010

BOSTON - Governor Deval Patrick says he thinks the Legislature will revisit tighter restrictions on elderly drivers in Massachusetts. ...

Banning texting while driving

Banning texting while driving

22 Jun 2010

…require older drivers to undergo vision tests ever five year after reaching age 75. The push for tighter restrictions on elderly drivers increased last year after a spate of accidents involving older drivers. Those included the June 2009 death of 4-year… ...

Elderly driver slams into building

Elderly driver slams into building

08 Apr 2010

HANOVER - A car crashed through a home this morning in Hanover. It happened at 1143 Broadway, fire officials confirmed. ...

Teen hit by car, bus in Swansea

Teen hit by car, bus in Swansea

09 Mar 2010

A teen was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car driven by an elderly driver on Bark Street Tuesday afternoon. Police say that the teen may have been at fault and was wearing headphones while riding his… ...

Bill to screen elderly, ban texting

Bill to screen elderly, ban texting

02 Mar 2010

…by mail when their licenses are about to expire. A conference committee will try to come up with a compromise version of the two bills. The legislation comes after several serious or fatal accidents involving texting or elderly drivers. ...

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Concord family hit by car is recovering

Concord family hit by car is recovering

CONCORD - A mother and her two children are recovering after being hit by a car driven by an elderly woman.

Sun, 5 Feb 2012
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“…strange -- and ongoing and no charges have been filed again the elderly driver -- election her five year old were treated Emily from the hospital and her twenty month old eyes lighted a little -- …”

Car and train collide in Yarmouth

Car and train collide in Yarmouth

YARMOUTH – An elderly driver in Yarmouth crashed her car into a moving train. Shockingly, the woman managed to escape with only minor injuries.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012
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“…There are moments for elderly driver in garment when he crashed her car into a moving train accurately that woman Manny if only minor injuries when he gets …”

Elderly man struck in road rage incident

Elderly man struck in road rage incident

QUINCY - A 48-year-old Weymouth man has been charged in an alleged road rage incident involving an 85-year-old man, police said.

Wed, 7 Dec 2011
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“…48 year old William getting out of -- car in confronting an elderly driver. . I allegedly on today waving his arm -- apparent anger -- In charge of battery on and ultimately her. …”

86-year-old driver slams into storefront

86-year-old driver slams into storefront

MASHPEE - An 86-year-old woman crashed her car into a busy Roche Bros. store in Mashpee on Friday, causing severe damage to the entrance.

Fri, 15 Jul 2011
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“…shopper Roche Brothers and -- But it created -- like when an elderly driver out right through the front door. Ninth when he in my years of doing a good time it -- The cleanup starting …”

Elderly driver crashes into pharmacy

Elderly driver crashes into pharmacy

MELROSE - Two Rite Aid Pharmacy employees were injured after an elderly man jumped the curb and drove his car into the store in Melrose this afternoon. The two female employees and the driver were taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

Tue, 21 Jun 2011
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“…of a serious crash at a local pharmacy three employees hurt the elderly driver all over all of this happened just before 2 o'clock this afternoon. A vehicle went right through the front of the store …”

Elderly driver crashes into home

Elderly driver crashes into home

WEYMOUTH - Police say an elderly driver was behind a multi-car collision in Weymouth that came to an end in a family's home.

Tue, 8 Mar 2011
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“…on that now OK and they were written up and the elderly driver was ticketed and both he and wife were known to down. …”