Dirt bike rider injured in Mashpee crash MASHPEE - A dirt bike rider was injured in an off road crash in Mashpee. The crash happened in the cranberry bogs off Santuit-Newtown Road shortly after 6 p.m. The victim was taken to Falmouth Hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries. Mashpee Police are investigating.
Driver cited after crash closes Sagamore Bridge Some people got out of their cars to view the multi-car crash that shut down the Sagamore Bridge BOURNE - The Sagamore Bridge is open again after a multi vehicle crash that brought traffic to a standstill Friday afternoon.
One person was trapped in an Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV that rolled over. None of the injuries appear life-threatening. Police say the Jeep driver, 63-year-old Stephen Woodman of Brookline, allgedly came on to the highway on the ramp by the Christmas Tree Shop and then crossed into oncoming traffic triggering the crash. He was cited for operating to endanger and failing to stay in marked lanes.
Woodman was taken to Jordan Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Two people from one of the other vehicles, Lily and James Ng of Brighton were treated and released at Cape Cod Hospital.
Commuter and holiday weekend traffic trying to get on Cape was at one point backed up to exit 3 on Route 3. Click here for latest bridge image from Cape Cod Livecams
Coast Guard airlifts sailboat passenger FALMOUTH - The Coast Guard airlifted a 16-year-old boy requiring medical attention from a sailboat 125 miles southeast of Cape Cod today.
The boy's father, aboard the sailing vessel Why Not, called the Coast Guard after becoming concerned about the condition of his son, who was believed to be suffering from the effects of dehydration.
The First Coast Guard District Command Center in Boston instructed the sailing vessel to head towards Nantucket, Mass., in order to close the distance from shore.
Air Station Cape Cod launched a Jayhawk rescue helicopter, which arrived on scene with the vessel at 4:39 p.m. The Air Station also launched a Falcon jet to provide cover for the Jayhawk as a precaution because the sailing vessel was far off shore.
The helicopter crew successfully hoisted the boy and took him back to the Air Station, where local paramedics took the young man to Falmouth Hospital for further treatment.
"The sailing vessel was far off shore and his father was very concerned about his condition," said Lt. Josh Harrington, operations duty officer at the Air Station. "We consulted with the flight surgeon and were glad we could get this young man to a facility where he can get proper medical attention."
Yarmouth Police nab another four-time drunk driver WEST YARMOUTH - The Yarmouth Police report that on Friday at 1:04 a.m. Yarmouth Police Patrol Officer Christopher Marino observed a vehicle traveling westbound on Route 28 in an erratic manner drifting back and forth over the double yellow center lines and in and out of the travel lane.
Patrol Officer Marino stopped the vehicle and interviewed the operator, Joseph Juan Montanez, 44, of Hyannis. The operator reportedly exhibited signs of intoxication with a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on his breath, dazed and confused look, and glassy and bloodshot eyes.
Police say the operator also had difficulty with speaking, following directions, and walking. He failed a series of five standardized field sobriety tests and was subsequently placed under arrest for his 4th offense of drunk driving.
He was transported to Yarmouth Police Headquarters and was scheduled for arraignment in the Barnstable District Court Friday morning on charges of Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol (4th Offense); Failure to Stay Within Marked Lanes; Operating a Motor Vehicle to Endanger; and Operating with a Revoked License for being a Habitual Traffic Offender. Mug shot furnished by YPD
Laura Ingraham
BOURNE
WEST YARMOUTH - The Yarmouth Police report that on Friday at 1:04 a.m. Yarmouth Police Patrol Officer Christopher Marino observed a vehicle traveling westbound on Route 28 in an erratic manner drifting back and forth over the double yellow center lines and in and out of the travel lane.
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