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Tuesday, March 24, 2015Area:
Boston, MAA tanker carrying approximately 11,500 gallons of fuel tipped over around 11 p.m. Tuesday and the Bourne Bridge did not reopen until about 9:30 Wednesday morning. The driver, Thomas Medeiros, was treated for minor injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation and an environmental cleanup is underway.
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Friday, April 11, 2014Area:
Boston, MATwo Massachusetts men working on high-tension power lines are dead after their bucket truck tipped over while they were in the basket more than 100 feet in the air.
Utility NStar says Joseph L. Boyd III, of Fall River, and John Loughran, of Quincy, had been contracted for an NStar project in Bourne, on Cape Cod.
The Bourne Police Chief told the newspaper the two men were both in the bucket when the truck toppled over. He said they were killed instantly.
Woodside said it was not particularly windy at the time of the accident and the ground under the truck appeared to be solid.