WOBURN — MBTA transit police say a man has been struck and killed by a commuter train.
Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority say the unidentified victim was standing on the tracks in Woburn when he was hit shortly before 1 a.m. Friday.
Transit police superintendent Richard Sullivan says it happened at Woburn’s Mishawum station.
Sullivan says the death is being investigated.
BOSTON — Massachusetts state police say a trooper has been injured after a vehicle slammed into his cruiser at a highway construction zone.
Authorities say the cruiser was hit from behind at 2:50 a.m. Friday on the southbound side of Interstate 93 in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.
The unidentified trooper was in traffic stopped at the work zone. He suffered minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment.
Officials say the driver of the vehicle that struck the cruiser was taken to a hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Both cars were heavily damaged.
State police are investigating.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities say they have made multiple arrests as part of a sweeping investigation into narcotics and weapons trafficking in and around Providence.
Rhode Island State Police say city, state and federal law enforcement agencies were involved in “Operation Heat.”
Officials said Friday they arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a group of violent criminal associates, and said more arrests were expected. They identified the ringleader as 32-year-old Janssye Toucet, of North Providence, and say he was behind shootings at two Providence nightclubs in May and June that targeted rivals.
It was unclear whether Toucet had a lawyer authorized to speak on his behalf.
State Police Col. James Manni said police executed 45 search warrants, seizing four firearms, 13 vehicles, more than $48,000 in cash and cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.
From Associated Press