EPPING — A 16-year-old driver and her juvenile passenger avoided injury when the teen lost control of her vehicle and struck an unoccupied residence Saturday night, police said.Police Capt. Jason Newman said the teen driving a Chevrolet Trailblazer attempted to take a left turn off Railroad Avenue onto Route 125 at approximately 10 p.m., when she sped … Continue reading Police: Teen driver crashes into Epping home
Wrong-way crash kills police officer and wife
EPPING — A longtime Massachusetts police officer and his wife were killed in a crash on Route 101 Thursday night by a driver going the wrong way.According to state police, John Johnson, 58, a sergeant with the Townsend Police Department, and his wife Heidi Johnson, 57, both of New Ipswich, were killed after their vehicle was … Continue reading Wrong-way crash kills police officer and wife
Police: Wrong-way driver causes 2 fatalities on Route 101
EPPING — A wrong-way driver in a pickup truck caused a three-car crash resulting in two fatalities on Route 101 westbound near Exit 7 late Thursday night, according to State Police.Police said a 1998 Dodge 1500 driven by Ryan Kittredge, 31, of Derry, made a U-turn on Route 101 westbound somewhere in the area of … Continue reading Police: Wrong-way driver causes 2 fatalities on Route 101
AG: Man killed off Route 101 fired at trooper
EPPING — A state trooper was justified when he fired four shots at Walter Welch Jr. as he sat in his pickup truck off Route 101 on Sept. 29, striking him with three bullets, including two to his head, as Welch also shot himself in the head, according to the state attorney general.Welch, 40, of … Continue reading AG: Man killed off Route 101 fired at trooper
AG: Man killed off Route 101 fired at trooper
EPPING — A Fremont man, who was killed in an officer-involved shooting incident off Route 101 in September, fired at a state trooper before shooting himself in the head and being shot in the head twice by the trooper, an attorney general's office investigation has concluded.Authorities during a Wednesday press conference said an investigation determined … Continue reading AG: Man killed off Route 101 fired at trooper
AG releasing report on officer-involved shooting off Rt. 101
EPPING — The attorney general's office is holding a press conference Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to present the state's findings on an investigation into an officer-involved shooting. The incident off Route 101 resulted in the death of a Fremont man in September.Walter Welch Jr., 40, had a gun in his hand and was inside his … Continue reading AG releasing report on officer-involved shooting off Rt. 101