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ROCHESTER - A truck driver has suffered serious injuries after crashing and rolling over into a pond in Rochester. The Rochester Fire Department says at 6:46 a.m., a tractor trailer crashed on the Hiller Street Bridge and rolled over into the water...

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...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division District 5 has announced that it will temporarily close a section of Route 88 Southbound in Westport overnight on Thursday, May 4, at 8 p.m., to perform bridge maintenance to the bridge carrying Route 88 Southbound over I-195 Eastbound and Westbound...

DARTMOUTH—An oil spilled occurred late this morning in Padanaram Harbor. A Petro Oil truck making a delivery sprung a leak on the western, Gulf Road side of the Padanaram Bridge, in a construction zone. Dartmouth District One fire officials say a small amount of oil seeped into Padanaram Harbor, but the spill has been contained...

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NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge is once again closed to vehicular traffic this morning. In all likelihood, the below freezing temperatures are meddling with the bridge's machinery. Extreme temperatures, whether hot or cold, are known to negatively impact the 116-year-old bridge's normal operations...

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford/Fairhaven Bridge is closed to vehicular traffic this morning as temperatures dipped as low as 8 degrees. Officials say there is an issue with the bridge's gate. Maintenance crews are working to remedy the problem...

An Acushnet woman is injured after a driver allegedly high on drugs struck her car near the New Bedford/Fairhaven bridge. New Bedford Police say the accident took place early Wednesday afternoon on Popes Island when 26-year-old Corey Dunn of Somerset was driving east on Route 6 over the bridge when he veered across several lanes of traffic into the parking lot of the Fairhaven True Value Hardware

The Sakonnet River bridge was closed to traffic this afternoon after an inspection truck tipped over while two workers were still inside.

A Fairhaven home is damaged by fire. Firefighter Wayne Oliveira says the fire was reported just after 10pm Wednesday night at 44 Bridge Street. Two engines and a ladder truck were dispatched to the home, with firefighters finding smoke and flames coming from the second floor of the two-family home...