LEXINGTON — Police say a 71-year-old cyclist has died in a collision with another bicycle rider on popular recreational trail just outside Boston.
Lexington police say the crash on the Minuteman Bikeway just after 2 p.m. Sunday involved two cyclists heading opposite directions.
Both men were taken to the hospital where the 71-year-old man was pronounced dead. The other cyclist, a man who appeared to be in his early 50s, survived. The nature of his injuries was not disclosed.
No names were released.
The cause remains under investigation but no foul play is suspected and police say it appears to be just a “terrible accident.”
BOURNE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Bourne Bridge will be down to two lanes as repair work expected to last into late May begins.
Workers starting Monday will be replacing damaged roadway joints on the bridge that crosses the Cape Cod Canal.
The bridge will have one, wider 12-foot lane instead of two lanes in each direction.
The Army Corps says the contractor will be working around the clock, seven days a week and lane restrictions will be in place at all times.
The work also includes repair of deteriorated steel and concrete, patching of damaged pavement surfaces, and replacement of waterproof membranes. Bridge lighting and drainage systems will undergo maintenance work.
LOWELL — A suspended State Police trooper convicted of raping his former girlfriend faces sentencing.
The Middlesex district attorney says Robert Sundberg is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in Lowell Superior Court.
The 48-year-old Framingham resident was convicted last week of multiple charges, including rape, strangulation, assault and battery, stalking.
He was arrested after the victim, who is also a state police employee, reported she was attacked at his Boxborough home in April 2016. Prosecutors said the assault was the culmination of a long history of abuse by Sundberg directed at the victim.
Sundberg was suspended without pay after his arrest and state police say they have started termination proceedings.
ATTLEBORO — Two 15-year-old boys have helped rescue a man who fell into a pond.
Authorities say the man was sitting on a rock wall in Attleboro on Saturday afternoon when he fell into Mechanics Pond.
Firefighters say two teens that were walking past jumped into the water and pulled the man from brush where his lower body was entrapped.
Fire Lt. John Buckley says the man, who was about 60, was out of the water and fully conscious when rescue crews arrived.
The man was taken to a hospital for treatment, and the teens left the scene without saying a word. Their names were not made public.
From Associated Press