Crime & Safety
RTA Driver From Shrewsbury Charged With Motor Vehicle Homicide
A former driver for the WRTA will be arraigned next month.

A Shrewsbury man who drove a bus for the Worcester Regional Transit Authority faces charges of motor vehicle homicide by negligent driving, and will be arraigned next month, according to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.
Edward R. Rossi Jr., 70, 25 Orchard Meadow Drive, Shrewsbury is also charged with driving negligently so as to endanger. The charges are in connection with a fatal accident that killed a pedestrian on Sept. 28.
Rossi drove the WRTA bus on a rainy night, striking 62-year-old Linda Sneed, who later died from the injuries, reported the Telegram.
Rossi's arraignment is Jan. 17.
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