A crash temporarily shut down an on-ramp to Route 128 in Waltham, Massachusetts, Wednesday night.
The crash happened near Trapelo Road just after midnight.
Video of the scene shows a tow truck pulling the car out of a nearby marsh.
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Man, 31, shot in the leg in Stoughton, police say
A man was shot in the leg in Stoughton, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night, according to authorities.
The incident happened at about 10 p.m. on Stagecoach Road, Stoughton police said, where they found the 31-year-old man suffering from a gunshot injury to the left leg.
The man, whose name wasn’t released, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Details surrounding the shooting weren’t made available.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call the Stoughton Police Department at 781-344-2424.
Multiple Steward Health Care hospitals possibly headed for auction
The fallout of Steward Health Care‘s bankruptcy filing could reach a new height Thursday morning.
Several of the healthcare system’s hospitals could be hitting the auction block Thursday.
It’s an auction for the Steward ho…
Boston’s humidity set to decrease throughout Thursday, bringing relief
Our heat, our storms, our humidity — all on the way out Thursday morning. Last few showers will scoot through as the skies gradually break.
Highs will still be in the warm range of mid to upper 80s, but the lowering humidity will be noticeable…
Man accused of exposing himself to young women in Brookline
Police in Brookline, Massachusetts, have arrested a man accused of following and exposing himself to young women, and they say there may be more victims.
Surveillance video from the Coolidge Corner area shows one woman out for a jog in the ear…
Community questions demotion of Boston police official named to POST Commission
The demotion of Eddy Chrispin as a member of the high-level command staff at the Boston Police Department has been the talk of the town.
Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox demoted Chrispin from deputy superintendent after Chrispin accepted a position on the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, a police oversight board.
POST Commission leaders were told it was because of a perceived conflict of interest.
Wednesday night, the community gathered at the Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury to ask local leaders questions about the situation.
“I think the process in which it was done is what’s bothering me,” said Boston resident Marjorie Bernadeau. “If you can’t explain where there’s a conflict of interest and why he was demoted, I have a problem with that.”
So far, the Boston Police Department has revealed little about the reasons behind the demotion.
“It is important that all members of this senior leadership team are aligned in carrying out the Department’s mission,” a department spokesperson said last week. “From time to time — to strengthen the command staff’s work to fulfill the mission and to promote cohesion of the team — changes are made.”
Mayor Michelle Wu defended Cox’s decision last week, saying he has “full discretion” on whom to place on his command staff.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, who appointed Chrispin to the POST Commission, spoke out against his demotion.
Former State Rep. Marie St. Fleur, who coordinated Wednesday night’s community meeting, says the demotion is a particular slight to the Haitian-American community.
“He’s one of the few, the only, we had on the command staff that has the cultural competency and the linguistic competency,” she said.
