Massachusetts
Construction worker hit by dump truck in Massachusetts that may have been backing up
WAYLAND – A construction worker was rushed to the hospital Friday morning in Massachusetts when they were struck by a dump truck while working on a paving job.
Dump truck may have been backing up
Police said at around 11 a.m., a paving crew was working on Stonebridge Road in Wayland when one of the workers was struck by a dump truck that may have been backing up. The incident occurred near neighbor Karen Drury’s home.
“They’d just finished stripping in front of the house, the truck was going in reverse and that’s my understanding of when the guy got wedged underneath the truck and dragged 5 or 10 feet, that was according to a conversation I had with DPW,” said Drury.
Police said the worker was immediately flown by helicopter to a local hospital. The driver of the truck did remain on scene as OSHA investigated the crash.
“Oh my gosh, it’s terrible, terrible news, I hope he gets out real soon,” said neighbor Linda Malenfant. “It’s scary because you think this is pretty routine work that they’re doing.”
Busy construction on street all week
Neighbors said work crews have been busy on the street all week. Police said both workers are employees of a company contracted through the town.
“It’s a major throughway, Framingham to Wayland is a major cut across,” said Malenfant. “All of our snow vehicles, our buses go by there and a hundred commuters, super busy.”
The condition of the worker is still unknown at this time. No other injuries were reported. The incident remains under investigation.
BENNINGTON, Vt. (WRGB) — A Massachusetts woman accused of killing her two children appeared in court virtually in Vermont on Monday.
Janette MacAusland joined the court hearing from Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland and waived her extradition rights, signing a waiver to be transported back to Massachusetts.
The case began Friday night, when Bennington police were reportedly called for a welfare check on MacAusland. Police say she arrived at a family home distraught and with a neck injury.
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While speaking with police, officers reportedly became increasingly concerned for her children in Wellesley, Massachusetts — a boy and a girl, ages 7 and 6.
Authorities there conducted a welfare check and found the children dead.
MacAusland was arrested and charged with murder.
The Boston Globe reports MacAusland was going through a contentious divorce and seeking custody of both children.
A check-in will be required in two weeks to ensure she is picked up. In the meantime, she remains in jail without bail.
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Janette MacAusland is accused of killing her two children in MA.
BENNINGTON, NY (WNYT) – 49-year-old Janette MacAusland was arrested Friday in Bennington, VT; she is accused of killing her two children in Wellesley, MA.
Bennington Police said they got a call around 9:15 Friday night to conduct a welfare check about a woman that had arrived at a family home in Bennington appearing highly distraught. That woman was Janette MacAusland.
It was also reported to police that MacAusland had a visible neck injury and was actively bleeding.
Benington Police said as officers tried to talk to the woman she became increasingly concerned about the welfare of her children.
Bennington Police then requested that Wellesley Police perform a welfare check on the children at the home in Wellesley, MA.
Around 9:50 p.m. Friday night, Wellesley Police called Benington Police and told them that MacAusland’s two children were found dead inside her home.
Woman accused of killing two children arrested in Bennington
Bennington Police then took MacAusland into custody as a fugitive from justice. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts charged Janette MacAusland with two counts of murder for the death of her children.
MacAusland is now being held at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility without bail, where she awaits to be transferred to Massachusetts to answer to the murder charges.
MacAusland is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Rutland Superior Court.
A search is underway after a report that a crew member of the C/S Norwegian Breakaway was seen falling from the Boston-bound cruise ship, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Sunday.
The Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report from the C/S Norwegian Breakaway regarding a crew member who had fallen overboard about 12 miles east of Wellfleet. The C/S returned to the last known place of the person and deployed their rescue boat and life rings.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter arrived on scene at around 1 a.m. to assist the search along with a crew from the Coast Guard Station Provincetown, officials confirm.
Officials are currently still conducting an aerial search as of SUnday morning along with the Station Provincetown Crew.
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