Wednesday, October 3, 2012
A boy on a bicycle and a vehicle collided on Tuesday afternoon in Hamilton, leaving the bicycle rider with non-life-threatening injuries.
An 8-year old boy who collided with a vehicle while riding his bike on Tuesday afternoon in Hamilton suffered non-life threatening injuries. The crash happened on Asbury Street at the intersection with Porter Lane near Christ Church at 3:09 p.m., according to Hamilton Police Officer Joe Achadinha. Rescue crews took “full C-spine precautions,” he said, and the boy was taken by Lyons ambulance to Beverly Hospital. His mom came to the scene and was able to ride with him to the hospital, said Hamilton firefighter Ryan Goodwin. The boy had a bump on his head and remained conscious as he was being treated, Goodwin said. “He hit his head,” Goodwin said. The vehicle driver was not injured. The police report was not complete on Tuesday afternoon …
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Asbury St & Porter Ln, South Hamilton, MA
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Monday, September 17, 2012
The angled railroad crossing in downtown Hamilton has caused at least two bicycle crashes this summer. It will now be repaired.
The railroad crossing in downtown Hamilton will be repaired this week, starting Wednesday, to eliminate the danger to bicyclists. The angled crossing has caused at least two bicycle cashes in recent weeks, including one last weekend where a Beverly woman was flipped over her handlebars when her bicycle tire got caught in a gap between a ail and the road pavement. The work will begin on Wednesday morning, Sept. 19, Hamilton Police Lt. Scott Janes said in a written news release. The work will again continue on Friday, Sept. 21. The work hours each day will be 12 a.m. through 12 p.m. A variable message board has also been put up at the crossing to alert drivers to the upcoming construction. One lane on Bay Road (Route 1A) will be closed …
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Bay Rd & Walnut Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Monday, September 10, 2012
A bicyclist was injured in a crash on Route 1A in Hamilton on Sunday.
A bicyclist was flipped over her handlebars Sunday morning after her bike tire got stuck in a rut along the railroad tracks in downtown Hamilton. The crash happened at 10:48 a.m. on Sunday when the female bicyclist from Beverly was headed southbound on Route 1A (Bay Road) with another bicyclist. Hamilton Police Sgt. Stephen Trepanier said the front tire of her bicycle got stuck in a rut between the road and the rail where rubber and asphalt should have been located. She was flipped to the ground over the handle bars. She suffered non-life threatening injuries and no broken bones and was taken to Beverly Hospital by Lyons ambulance. Plows plus the weather have deteriorated the surface that has caused the rut, Trepanier said. The crash …
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Hamilton Police Department
265 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Hamilton Fire Department
265 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Hamilton/Wenham Train Station
Bay Rd & Walnut Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The editor of Hamilton and Wenham's weekly newspaper was seriously injured in a bicycle crash on Monday.
The editor of the Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle is in serious condition after being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in a medical helicopter after a bicycle accident on Monday. The accident happened near the town common in East Boxford at about 5:30 p.m. when Dan MacAlpine was riding a bicycle and was struck by a Toyota sedan driven by a man from North Andover who told police that the sun blinded him. MacAlpine was riding east on Topsfield Road as the driver, who was headed west on Topsfield Road, was turning onto Main Street, according to a report in the Salem News. The Chronicle has been the weekly newspaper that has coveres Hamilton and Wenham for more than 50 years. MacAlpine, who also serves as editor of the Ipswich Chronicle, has …
Robert Smallman
12:15 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I had a crash at this location on 2/1/12 resulting in a broken right femur and shoulder separation. I didn't realize that my plight was shared by so many others. Why does it take so long for this sort of problem to be addressed? It's great that this is getting addressed! Bob Smallman, Wenham more ›