A man was flown to a Boston hospital after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Norwood, Massachusetts, and the driver has been arrested.

Norwood police responded shortly after 7:30 p.m. to the intersection of Washington Street and St. John Avenue.

The victim was found seriously injured. Fire crews treated him at the scene before he was taken by ambulance to a landing zone to be airlifted by medical helicopter.

Police said the woman driving the vehicle was taken into custody. She is facing charges including operating under the influence of liquor.

The crash is under investigation.

The Parkway East’s Commercial Street Bridge is about to blow – but it’s not happening on Wednesday night.

PennDOT say they were going to bring down the bridge sometime between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, but around 8 p.m officials and security said the explosion was postponed.

The demolition will be shown live on PennDOT’s project page or 511 PA, which also has cameras placed along the project’s detour routes.

Watch the live stream here:

A crowd of about 100 people gathered Wednesday evening at the Summerset at Frick Park residential development for a front-row view of the bridge demolition.

The atmosphere felt more like a neighborhood block party than a construction event. Families brought their children and pets, while groups of friends arrived carrying pizzas and coolers of beer. Lawn chairs lined the hillside as people in shorts and sunglasses settled in to wait for the explosion. Some spectators wore earplugs in anticipation of the blast.

A man with a ukulele strummed some folk tunes to liven the expectant atmosphere as police wrapped red caution tape around the edge of the hill, denoting the 800-foot security perimeter around the bridge.

Merav Amos, from Squirrel Hill, brought her family for a picnic, complete with books, lawn chairs and glasses of wine.

Amos said she planned the trip when PennDOT released its expected demolition window, but realized then and there that there was one thing she had forgotten.

“I actually hope it’s not going to be too loud, because we don’t have earplugs,” she said.

From the Parkway East watch party. @AdamBabetski pic.twitter.com/CaNMvsmKRV

— Ben Schmitt (@bencschmitt) July 15, 2026

Amos lives near the Parkway East’s local detour route, and has had to deal with traffic increasing near her home since the bridge closed on Friday. She hoped watching the demolition live would provide a satisfying payoff.

“The last few days were very rough,” she said. “I want to see some action.”

Jim Christy, of Robinson, parked in the South Side and made the journey over on his bike to watch the explosion.

Christy frequently bikes through the Frick Park trails — some of which were restricted on Wednesday ahead of the demolition.

“It better go off without a hitch,” he said.

(WFSB) – The Connecticut Technical Education and Career System is under investigation by the United States Department of Education.

In a letter sent to the superintendent obtained by Channel 3, the nature of the investigation centers around the district’s handling of rape and/or sexual assault cases by school staff.

“Due to the District’s inaccurate responses to the rape and/or sexual assault data elements involving allegations against school staff of OCR’s 2023–24 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), the directed investigation will examine whether the District has policies and procedures in place to ensure accurate data collection and reporting and that its handling of the sexual harassment, including sexual assault, of students by District teachers, administrators, and/or staff members is consistent with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its implementing regulation,” said the letter in part.

Read it in full below:

The school system issued a statement in response to the investigation.