Top story: Pedestrian killed in Dennis WEST DENNIS - A pedestrian who was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital Sunday evening after being struck by a car has died.
According to reports, 83-year-old Muriel Weldon of West Dennis was helping her husband, 92-year-old John Weldon, back out of a parking spot at the West Dennis Yacht Club off Loring Avenue when she was struck.
Muriel Weldon was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital.
Dennis Police are investigating the incident.
Photo by Kevin Morley/CWN
Crash sends vehicle into woods A collision with an SUV sent this coupe down an embankment into some trees. Incredibly no one was seriously hurt. WEST BARNSTABLE - Incredibly no one was seriously injured after a two vehicle collision sent a vehicle careening into the woods.
A Honda coupe struck a GMC Envoy SUV and wound up down an embankment in some trees. The crash happened about 7 p.m. on Route 149 between Osterville/West Barnstable Road and the golf course.
Five people in the GMC and four in the Honda all escaped. The driver of the Honda is seen here on the back of an ambulance with his hand bandaged.
Barnstable Police are investigating if charges may be filed in the crash.
Photos by Frank Paparo/CWN
Driver airlifted after car strikes building FALMOUTH - Sunday afternoon at around 4 p.m. a Kia sedan left the road northbound on North Falmouth Highway in the 300 block and struck the Village Pantry building.
The 57-year-old Henry Watson Jr. of Mashpee, was severely injured and trapped in the vehicle. Watson was stabilized and extricated by Falmouth Fire Rescue who removed the doorframe on the driver’s side of the vehicle.
He was taken immediately to a landing zone at the North Falmouth Elementary School to meet a MedFlight helicopter for transport Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with multiple serious injures.
The path of the vehicle across the southbound lane, over landscaping and across the parking lot before striking the building indicated that a possible medical issue might have contributed to the crash. The crash is under investigation by Falmouth PD.
Story and photos by Eric Tinglof/CWN
Woman found after search, taken to hospital CENTERVILLE - About 8 p.m. Barnstable Police were called for a missing woman in Centerville.
A police officer found the woman in a heavily wooded area off Elijah Child's Road around 10:30 p.m.
Rescuers extricated the woman from the woods and took her to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation.
Further details were not immediately available.
Photo by Frank Paparo/CWN
Feature story: Fourth of July in Provincetown Editors note: For the first time in many years your editor was not on official duty somewhere. So I hit the street with my "lens". What follows is a brief capsule of the night's events in Provincetown. PROVINCETOWN -At long last some decent weather arrived just in time for the Fourth of July. Budget concerns threatened to nix the fireworks show but the business community stepped up and a spectacular fireworks show went off without a hitch at 9 p.m. Fourth of July in Provincetown means an estimated 60,000 people cramming into the Cape-tip. It's an arrangement that hasn't worked well in the past. In 2005 a near riot broke out as large groups of young people congregated along Commercial Street. Organizers rethought the process and for the past few years a unified response from local, county and state officers along with the prestaging of extra ambulances to handle medical concerns have led to a much smoother event. One of the major changes that may deserve much of the credit may be the decision to bring in the Plymouth County Sheriff' Department's mounted unit. The horse patrol works extremely well in keeping the crowd moving and avoiding the congregations that led to past trouble.
This young man at right, identified as 18-year-old Christopher McEnaney of Orleans, reportedly made the mistake of punching one of the horses and then allegedly compounded that mistake by resisting arrest.
He was charged with assault on a police horse and resisting arrest.
The most serious incident of the night reportedly occurred here in the parking lot of the Stop and Shop on Shankpainter Road around 10:15 p.m.
A person was reportedly attacked and suffered several minor puncture wounds to the back.
He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.
Police are still searching for suspects.
Police had a zero tolerance for alcohol misuse.
Three underage people found that out the hard way when they were arrested for being in possession of alcohol (note case of beer on trunk of car).
CWN has protected their identity until we can confirm if any of them may be juveniles.
Shortly before 1 a.m. the hot spot seemed to be outside a local bar at Commercial Street and Standish Street.
Four people were reportedly arrested in the skirmish on the left and a short time later two more were arrested in the scene on right. in the right photo the second subject is on the ground just to the left of the parked bicycle. By 3 a.m. Police were still busy with an incident where a subject was reportedly "jumped" just off Commercial Street downtown. He was evaluated by EMTs. Police are searching for suspects.
Provincetown Police report a total 14 arrests, most for disorderly conduct. Several other people were placed in protective custody for public drunkness.
Photos by Tim Caldwell/CWN
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Sandwich crash
SANDWICH - A motorcycle operator was seriously injured in a crash in Sandwich. The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. on Water Street near Route 130 when the motorcycle apparently failed to negotiate a turn and struck a utility pole and tree. The victim, 36-year-old Frederick Brantley of West Yarmouth, was MedFlighted to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious but non life-threatening injuries. Sandwich Police are investigating the crash.
Police arrest drunken boater with 5 OUIs WEST YARMOUTH – The Yarmouth Police Department reports that on Saturday at 7:50 p.m. Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources officers Edward Tierney and Steven Raneo stopped a boat that had intruded into the special Firework Display Area Security Zone in the Lewis Bay area of West Yarmouth.
Both officers met with the operator of the vessel, Jeffrey A. Daluz (photo at right), 53, of Hyannis, and observed several signs of intoxication and impairment. The operator was interviewed and given a series of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and transported to the public docking area at Englewood Beach in West Yarmouth where Yarmouth Police Patrol Sergeant John K. Fallon and Yarmouth Police Patrol Investigator Christopher Van Ness took custody of the operator and transported him to Yarmouth Police Headquarters under arrest for Boating Under the Influence.
At Yarmouth Police Headquarters a record check of Daluz revealed an extensive history of Operating under the Influence in Massachusetts including at least 7 prior arrests for OUI liquor and 5 convictions. It was also determined that the suspect had his Massachusetts operator’s license revoked for life.
The suspect is currently being held at Yarmouth Police Headquarters in West Yarmouth on $5,000 cash bail and is scheduled for arraignment in the Barnstable District Court on Monday, July 6, 2009, charged with Felony Boating OUI Liquor 5th Offense (Highest OUI Charge Recognized in Massachusetts).
His boat -- a 22-foot center console Aqua Sport -- has been seized under the provisions of Melanie Law and is currently being held at Yarmouth Police Headquarters pending forfeiture proceedings.
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WEST DENNIS
WEST BARNSTABLE 
FALMOUTH - Sunday afternoon at around 4 p.m. a Kia sedan left the road northbound on North Falmouth Highway in the 300 block and struck the Village Pantry building. 
CENTERVILLE
The horse patrol works extremely well in keeping the crowd moving and avoiding the congregations that led to past trouble. 
The most serious incident of the night reportedly occurred here in the parking lot of the Stop and Shop on Shankpainter Road around 10:15 p.m. 
Police had a zero tolerance for alcohol misuse. 
By 3 a.m. Police were still busy with an incident where a subject was reportedly "jumped" just off Commercial Street downtown. He was evaluated by EMTs. Police are searching for suspects.
WEST YARMOUTH – The Yarmouth Police Department reports that on Saturday at 7:50 p.m. Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources officers Edward Tierney and Steven Raneo stopped a boat that had intruded into the special Firework Display Area Security Zone in the Lewis Bay area of West Yarmouth.
At Yarmouth Police Headquarters a record check of Daluz revealed an extensive history of Operating under the Influence in Massachusetts including at least 7 prior arrests for OUI liquor and 5 convictions. It was also determined that the suspect had his Massachusetts operator’s license revoked for life.
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