Articles Posted in Leaving the Scene of an Accident

In the spring police were called to a scene for a hit and run. Upon arrival they found a woman who had been hit and run over by a car. The driver did not stop as the law requires. The woman was taken to the hospital to address multiple injuries, many of which required surgery.…

Our client is a very popular local college professor who has published a considerable amount of literature in her field of expertise. A few months ago she was involved in a motor vehicle accident. According to the alleged victim, after the vehicle collision our client fled the scene. She was charged with leaving the scene…

Our client is a commercial truck driver with routes throughout the country.  In May of this year he was involved in an alleged road rage incident where he deliberately struck another car with his truck.  The driver of the other vehicle immediately called the police. Our client was charged with  leaving the scene of an…

Nearly two years ago a woman was walking down a quiet street around 6:30 in the morning. This was a part of her daily routine. On the day of this incident, the woman was struck by a car and run over by both the front driver’s side tires and the back driver’s side tires. The…

The defendant is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage under G.L. c. 90 section 24. He retained our office months after being charged. We understood that our client never had a clerk magistrate hearing under G.L. c. 218 section 35. Once we made that clear to the judge we moved…

The defendant lives in a high income Boston suburb. On September 27, 2019 police in his town received an OnStar call alerting them to an accident severe enough to deploy airbags. The officers responded and found a mailbox had been knocked over. The OnStar operator identified the owner of the vehicle and his address. The…

Several weeks ago our client was at a local bar with a friend. She left the establishment, backed out of the parking lot and struck a parked vehicle. She then left the scene. A patron in the lot witnessed the incident. He called the police to alert them to what he just saw. The man…

The defendant is a forty-eight year old software engineer. On October 26, 2016 he was driving in North Reading, Massachusetts following a slow car. He decided to pass the vehicle notwithstanding the solid yellow lines separating the lane of oncoming traffic. The slower vehicle sped up to prevent him from re-entering the lane. Nevertheless, the…

The defendant is a truck driver from New Jersey. The prosecution alleged that in August of 2016, the defendant was driving a truck with a trailer carrying a motor boat. He ran a stop sign and got into an accident injuring an occupant of another car. He left the scene and was located several blocks…

The defendant is a bus driver living in Boston, Massachusetts. On March 31, 2015 he was operating a bus that struck a passenger vehicle in Norwood, Massachusetts. The defendant and the driver of the other vehicle had an exchange outside of their vehicles just after the incident. The other driver then went to call the…