Officials are crediting a 6-year-old law that makes ignition interlock devices a requirement for repeat drunk-driving offenders for the decrease of drunk-driving accidents in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Globe. Officials are looking to make the so-called Melanie’s Law even stronger, requiring it for all first-time offenders as well. Our…
Teenagers under the influence of alcohol has been cited as the reason why some 6,000 people are killed on our roadways every year. This is more deaths than all illegal drug usage combined. Unfortunately, we know of the drunk-driving accidents in Boston and elsewhere that have contributed to this sad…
Drunk driving accidents in Massachusetts could be less common if researchers involved in a new technology device for vehicles gets the funding it needs. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the U.S. Senate is looking to grant more money to the developers of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for…
There were a slew of DUI checkpoints conducted during a recent weekend by the Massachusetts State Police. These checkpoints resulted in a number of motor-vehicle citations, criminal summonses and arrests. The checkpoints are an important tool to help officers remove dangerous drivers from our roadways, One of the weekend checkpoints…
When our little vampires are finished combing the neighborhoods for candy, brushing their fangs and getting tucked in bed for the evening, adult goblins will be hitting the streets and heading out for a night of fun and adventure. Adults may be too old to trick-or-treat, but that never means…
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curtis Leskanic is facing charges of child neglect without harm and of driving under the influence after a recent arrest. The 44-year-old former-baseball player was pulled over with, what police say was, a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .331, which is more than four times…
According to The Boston Globe, one of the Governor’s right-hand men was arrested under allegations of drunk driving in Massachusetts. The arrest happened just a few hours after the aide was involved in an accident in Boston. The Governor’s senior adviser for community affairs was involved in an accident at…
Recently, one man died and another was injured after falling from a bus window on the Redhook Ale Brewery bus tour, according to Seacoast Online. Investigations into the Massachusetts bus accident concluded that the bus was traveling at about 60 miles per hour during the time of the accident and…
A fatal drunk-driving car accident in Stoughton refuels at least one lawmaker’s call for stricter drunk-driving enforcement and harsher penalties for those who are considered habitual offenders. The recent accident involved a Bridgewater hairdresser who was allegedly driving drunk, an Easton woman who died from injuries sustained in the crash,…
A recent drunk driver in Boxborough accounted for a 48-year-old man’s sixth drunk driving charge, according to the Boston Globe. Boxborough police said the man was spotted by officers for having an expired inspection sticker on his pickup truck near Massachusetts Avenue just before 11 a.m. in late September. When…