Massachusetts
Three dead in weekend crashes
Three people were killed in separate road crashes across Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday, according to the State Police. Denzil Bell, 23, of Springfield, was killed early Saturday when he drove his car off exit ramp 5A, and rolled over on Interstate 291, and was ejected from the vehicle. A preliminary investigation showed Bell was not wearing a seat belt, State Police said in a statement. On Friday afternoon, Andrew Lezynski, 30, of Gloucester, was killed in a motorcycle crash on Route 128 North in Beverly that also seriously injured his passenger, a 29-year-old woman from Rockport. Lezynski struck the left lane guard rail and was thrown from his 2006 Yamaha, police said. On Friday night, 47-year-old Christopher M. Paquin of Grafton was killed when his car struck a bridge on Route 146 in Sutton and burst into flames, according to a police statement.
WILMINGTON
1 hurt, 1 killed in domestic assault
A woman suffered serious injuries, and a man apparently stabbed himself to death after an apparent domestic assault in Wilmington early Saturday, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney’s office. Wilmington police responded at 5:42 a.m. to the home on Clark Street and the assault involved a man and a woman who knew each other, the statement said. The woman, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The man, identified as Francesco Cenca, 44, was found “suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds,’’ and was taken by medical helicopter to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where he died from his injuries, the statement said. Wilmington police and the DA’s office are investigating, the statement said.
CAMBRIDGE
Two rescued after jumping from bridge
Two men in their early 20s were rescued Saturday morning from the Charles River after State Police received a report that they had jumped from the Harvard Bridge, an official said. A caller alerted troopers to the men in the water under the bridge, often referred to as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, at 8:10 a.m., saying one of them was in distress, according to David Procopio, a State Police spokesman. A State Police Marine Unit boat reached the men, who were not identified, and troopers pulled them aboard, he said. Both appeared to be in good condition, but were taken by ambulance to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge to be checked out, Procopio said.
BOSTON
Nantucket Lightship to light at dusk
The Nantucket Lightship will be briefly powering up its 500,000-candlepower beacon during a celebration at its berth at the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina on Sunday. The ship is marking the light’s recent restoration as well as National Lighthouse Day. The beacon underwent major repairs last year. The main beacon will be lit for about 15 minutes and a powerful fog horn sounded at around dusk. Prior to that, organizers will host a party on the pier and offer tours of the 150-foot ship, which they say is America’s largest floating lighthouse. The lightship was built in 1936 to guide ships past the treacherous Nantucket Shoals about 100 miles off Massachusetts. (AP)
FAIRHAVEN
Gamers allegedly damage historic fort
Caretakers of Fort Phoenix are complaining that Pokemon Go players are damaging the Revolutionary War-era historic site. Gary Lavalette, a volunteer caretaker at the fort near the Rhode Island state line, says people have been leaving trash, vandalizing historic structures, and publicly urinating. He told WLNE-TV that trash recently filled up a large dumpster, a stone wall was taken apart with a crowbar, and parts of the property look like a ‘‘mine field’’ because people are digging up the ground. The Fairhaven Historical Commission has said hundreds of players of the smartphone game have been flocking to the fort, often late at night, because it’s where a rare Pokemon can be found. (AP)
