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Vehicle Crash

Monday, April 22, 2013

Park Street Re-Opens Following Vehicle Crash

Three people are sent to the hospital with injuries.

4:32 p.m. Update: The street is open again. The closure stretched from Christopher Drive to Handy Drive. Detective Sgt. Arthur Brillon said it was a two-vehicle crash. Three people were transported to the hospital with injuries. _________ A portion of Park Street in Attleboro is closed as of 4:10 p.m. due to a vehicle crash, a police department dispatcher told Patch. She did not know the parameters of the closure or details of the crash. Attleboro Patch will have more information on this story soon.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Attleboro Man Injured in New Hampshire Crash

State police say John Sousa suffered "serious injuries" on Route 16.

An Attleboro man was taken to the hospital in Rochester, N.H. after he suffered "serious injuries" in a Sunday afternoon crash on Route 16, New Hampshire State Police reported. John Sousa, 65, was driving northbound on the highway in a Ford F-150 that crashed into a southbound Toyota 4 Runner, according to the state police's press release. Police responded to the crash at 3:40 p.m. The release states: As the Ford F-150 proceeded northbound it lost control and crossed left of center lane colliding with the Toyota 4 Runner. The crash caused that section of the roadway to be closed just over an hour while other traffic was diverted. Both operators sustained serious injuries and were taken to Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH to be …

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Woman Killed in Car Crash on County Street

The crash took place near the Phillips Street intersection.

A 42-year-old Seekonk woman was pronounced dead late Tuesday morning at Sturdy Memorial Hospital after crashing her vehicle into a tree off County Street near the Philllips Street intersection, the Attleboro Police Department reported.  The woman was identified as Jennifer Mello. Attleboro fire and police officers responded to the scene shortly before 11 a.m. "The vehicle, a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe, suffered significant damage to the front end when it came into contact with a tree just off the side of the roadway," an Attleboro police press release states. "The investigation which included multiple eyewitnesses indicated that the vehicle was travelling inbound on County when it crossed into the oncoming lane and continued off the roadway …

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Vehicle Crashes in Seekonk

No injuries are reported

There was an apparent single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Seekonk on Fall River Avenue. The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. across from Quality Fruitland, which is located at 1487 Fall River Ave. Witness Tricia Eline, who took the attached photo, said the crash caused a telephone pole to snap and knocked a fire hydrant out of the ground. Nobody appeared to be injured, but a Nissan Maxima was damaged, she said. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right to your inbox or smartphone everyday with our free newsletter. Simple, fast sign-up here.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Vehicle Crashes on County Street in Attleboro

Two people are reported injured.

A vehicle crashed on the sidewalk next to the wrong lane Monday afternoon on County Street in Attleboro. The official with knowledge of the crash was not available for comment when Attleboro Patch contacted the Fire Department. The crash happened at about 2 p.m., a witness said. The Sun Chronicle reported a man and girl were injured.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Pregnant Woman Injured in Fiery I-95 Crash

The woman and a man are sent to Rhode Island Hospital with unspecified injuries.

Two people, including a pregnant woman, were sent to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence early Sunday morning after a vehicle went off I-95 in Attleboro and burst into flames, according to WPRI-TV in Providence. The crash took place at aprroximately 3:30 a.m. near exit 5 on the highway, according to the TV station's website. WPRI reported: The car went off the road, and into the woods before it burst into flames. Massachusetts State Police tell Eyewitness News two people— including a pregnant woman—were taken to Rhode Island Hospital with unknown injuries. Part of the road was shut down while workers towed the charred vehicle from the woods. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Rollover Crash on I-295

The vehicle went into the woods.

WBZ Radio reported that a vehicle traveling on northbound I-295 near the Route 1 exit in North Attleborough rolled over and landed in the woods at approximately 5:30 p.m.. There was no report of lane closures, but traffic slowed in the area, according to WBZ. The Sun Chronicle reported the female driver in her late 20s was taken to the hospital, but was not seriously injured.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Woman Killed in Main Street Crash from North Attleborough

The driver of the other vehicle is facing vehicular homicide and drunk driving charges.

Kaisha Guerrini, 24, of North Attleborough was killed in the two-vehicle, head-on crash Thursday night on North Main Street between Wamsutta Road and Keith Drive. She was a mother of a 3-year-old boy as well as a college student and sergeant in the National Guard, according to NECN.com. "I've lost a beautiful person who cared a lot for other people and gave a lot to everybody," the victim's father James Guerrini told WCVB-TV in Boston on Friday. Kaisha's cousin Kerrie Angell told the station, "Her smile was so vibrant. She was the one everyone loved. She was always the funny one." The driver of the other vehicle, 32-year-old Jason Kwolek of Pawtucket, was arrested in Rhode Island on suspicion of motor vehicle homicide while under the …

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

One Person Dies in Main Street Crash

A Rhode Island man faces charges of vehicular homicide and OUI liquor.

Update 6 a.m. Lt. Tom Dion from the Attleboro Police Department told Patch that one person is dead and another is under arrest from the crash. Jason Kwolek, 32, of Pawtucket was arrested at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where he was taken after the crash. He has been charged with vehicular homicide, OUI liquor, operating a motor vehicle to endanger and speeding. The name of the deceased has not been released. ____ Two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on North Main Street near the Keith Drive intersection on Thursday at approximately 10:20 p.m., a witness told Attleboro Patch.  Jaws of life were used to remove at least one person from one of the vehicles and at least one person was sent to a hospital in Rhode Island. "I …

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

License Suspended, Cellphone Seized of Driver in Fatal Crash

No charges have been filed against the Attleboro driver, who authorities say killed a man and severely injured a young girl when his truck struck them.

The investigation continues of the tragic incident on Sunday in which a man was killed and girl was severely injured while crossing a Whitman street when, authorities and witnesses say, they were struck by a pickup truck driven by an Attleboro man. WCVB in Boston reported Monday that authorities had questioned and released the truck driver, 46-year-old Richard Brown. His cellphone was seized and the RMV has suspended his drivers license indefinitely, according to the WCVB. No charges have been filed. WHDH in Boston reported that witnesses said the man who was killed, 38-year-old Edward Cordwell Jr., pushed the 4-year-old girl out of the way as the truck approached them. The girl, who is in serious but stable condition, is his girlfriend's …

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