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Three people were hospitalized Monday afternoon following a car crash at the intersection of West and South Rodney French Boulevards.

New Bedford Police are actively investigating an accident that has left two siblings injured this afternoon.

NEW BEDFORD - A box truck ended up in a ditch where construction is ongoing in the near North End of New Bedford Wednesday morning. Massachusetts State Police say the accident took place around 5:30 a.m., with reports of a box truck owned by Sid Wainer and Son coming to rest in the ditch at Route 18 and Coggeshall Street and not being able to drive out...

UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): The victim has been identified as 65-year-old Yau Wong Li of West Roxbury. FALL RIVER - This morning at 4:59 am, troopers from the State Police Barracks in Dartmouth responded to reports of a multi-vehicle crash on Route 24 Southbound at Route 79 in Fall River. Upon arrival, t...

NEW BEDFORD - Two young boys, both age 12 of New Bedford, have suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car while riding a motorized scooter near the South End. New Bedford Police say the accident took place at the intersection of Blackmer and South Second Streets at 8:55 p...

DARTMOUTH - Dartmouth Police are investigating after an SUV crashes into a utility pole in the town early Friday morning. Dartmouth Police say the crash took place at approximately 2 a.m. in the area of 1040 Reed Road. Upon arrival, police and other emergency personnel saw a 2001 GMC Yukon had struck a utility pole, which resulted in the pole laying with wires in the roadway...

Dana Lee Pires, 41, of 1959 Purchase St., Apt. 317, New Bedford was arrested Monday after leading police on a brief motor vehicle and foot chase while attempting to flee a traffic stop, striking two vehicles and causing minor injuries. Pires was charged with failure to stop for police, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of failure to stop/yield, marked lanes violation, leaving the s

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - Authorities in Massachusetts say a police cruiser hit and killed a pedestrian overnight on Cape Cod. Barnstable police Sgt. Jason Laber says the crash happened around 2 a.m. Sunday on state Route 28. Details on what led up to the crash weren't immediately available...

NEW BEDFORD - Police have charged a city man they say was drunk when he hit two cars with his vehicle Monday afternoon. New Bedford Police responded to 289 MacArthur Drive at 4:16 p.m. Monday to a report of a hit and run accident in which a driver struck a parked vehicle, causing damage to the rear bumper, and then sped north on Acushnet Avenue...

UPDATE (4 p.m.): The accident has been cleared and traffic on the bridge has returned to normal. Traffic has slowed down on the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge following a three-car accident at about 3 p.m. Friday afternoon. The accident happened at the Fish Island area of the bridge...