Articles Posted in Leaving the Scene of an Accident

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…

The defendant is a twenty-five year old auto mechanic. In June of this year he was involved in an accident with another car. He quickly fled the scene in his car. The driver of the other vehicle immediately called the police. He provided them with a description of our client, the make and model of…

On March 2, 2015 members of the Needham, Massachusetts police department received information of a hit and run motor vehicle case at a local parking lot. The officers arrived and found a woman complaining that her car had been struck by another vehicle. The offending car left the scene without stopping or making herself known.…

Haverhill District Court: The prosecutor contended that on March 19, 2013 Haverhill, Massachusetts police were called to a residential neighborhood after a motor vehicle crash was reported. It quickly became apparent to the officers that several cars had been damaged. A license plate was found at the scene. An investigation disclosed that the plate belonged…