Crime & Safety
4 Fatal Crashes Over Long Weekend In Mass.
See where the four deaths and other tragic incidents took place over the long holiday weekend.

The holiday weekend wasn't without tragedy around the Bay State. The summer holidays are always a particularly dangerous time to drive, and this year four people died in crashes, including one on the water. Here are the fatal crashes from over the holiday weekend in Massachusetts. (Scroll past the map for more information, and subscribe to your local Patch to stay up on nearby news.)
A 25-year-old Swampscott man riding a dirt bike died and two young children went to the hospital in a Saturday night crash in Saugus.
A 61-year-old Middleborough woman died, a teen was seriously injured and three others were hurt in a crash in Bourne Sunday.
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A 31-year-old Brooklyn, New York, man was killed and a woman seriously injured when they were ejected from their vehicle on I-495 in Bolton Sunday.
A 39-year-old Lawrence man died in a collision between two jet skis on the Merrimack River in Lowell. Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to call them.
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In what police are calling an accident, a 56-year-old Cambridge man drove his cab into a group of other cabbies, injuring 10, one seriously.
In sad news that happened off the roads, a 5-year-old child died Monday night when she fell four stories in Brookline.
Photo of Bourne Crash via Bourne Firefighters IAFF Local 1717
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