Longtime OUI Offender Irreparably Injures 12-Year-Old Girl, Mom Says: Patch PM

Happy Monday. Here are today's top stories.

A little girl will never be the same, her mother said after the arraignment of the elderly man with a long history of OUIs accused of hitting her.

A major crash shut down I-95 this afternoon, and a MassDOT worker was seriously injured in it.

The host of Top Chef said she was "petrified" at alleged threats by Teamsters in Milton.

A man - reportedly a train conductor - was struck by a train in Waltham.

Crime time: A man was allegedly knocking on random doors late at night before being arrested for his ninth OUI ... A former hospital patient was arraigned on a murder charge for the fatal beating that killed a fellow patient ... An undercover operation into a prostitution ring resulted in seven arrests.

Also in the news ...

A Red Sox playoff hero died today at the age of 68.

A three-time Super Bowl champion and fan favorite with the Patriots has announced his retirement (in a weird way.)

A man who has spent decades for a murder he said he did not commit will remain free as the DA has decided not to pursue a new trial.

Fentanyl-laced marijuana is being eyed as the cause of a Cape Cod man's death over the weekend.

A swimmer in distress was recused by Good Samaritans at a Harwich beach, but he's not out of the woods yet.