BOURNE
A Coast Guard helicopter transported a 10-year-old girl who had been injured in a jet skiing accident near Bourne to Massachusetts General Hospital, according to Petty Officer Zach Zubricki. The girl, who was not identified, was brought to Tobey Hospital in Wareham where a doctor requested the transfer to Boston for advanced care. Zubricki said he did not know the circumstances of the accident or the girl's condition.
FALMOUTH
Three-car crash leaves one person dead
One person was dead following a three-car accident about 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Sandwich Road and Route 151. Deputy Chief Glen Rogers of the Fire Department called the accident a "mass casualty incident." Rogers said there were nine victims in the crash, two of whom had life-threatening injuries. The victims were taken to Falmouth Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital.
Boston
Low tire pressure forces jet to land
A US Airways jet liner headed to Rome from Philadelphia made an emergency landing at Logan International Airport shortly before 10:30 last night after low tire pressure was indicated in its landing gear. The plane, an Airbus A 333, landed safely and did not require emergency assistance, an airport spokesman said. The US Airways website indicated that the plane was to leave Boston for Rome at midnight.
SOMERVILLE
Suspect sought in Davis Sq. bank robbery
Police and the FBI were investigating a robbery at the Citizens Bank in Davis Square that occurred just after noon yesterday, police said. The suspect, whose image was captured on bank security cameras, handed the teller a note demanding cash, received an undisclosed amount, and walked out of the bank, according to police. The suspect was described as a white male, possibly in his 20s, 6 feet tall, with a thin build and a light beard. He was wearing a striped shirt and khaki shorts, a red baseball cap, and he carried a dark-colored backpack.
Washington, D.C.
Salmonella in snack caused outbreak
Tests have confirmed that a strain of salmonella found in Veggie Booty snack food was responsible for an outbreak of the disease last spring that sickened 61 people, including four in Massachusetts, the Food and Drug Administration said. The agency's findings supported earlier testing by Minnesota Agricultural Lab, the FDA said in a statement Friday. (AP)
North Conway, N.H.
Protesters climb mountains 'for climate'
More than 100 protesters from throughout New Hampshire climbed several mountains in the Presidential range of the White Mountains yesterday. The event, Climb it for the Climate, was organized by a group of New Hampshire college students to protest President Bush's environmental policy, said Bonnie Hemphill, one of the organizers.
Amesbury
Nuclear power plant's alarm malfunctions
Police said they received hundreds of calls after false alarms from the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. A warning siren sounded at 11:19 p.m. Friday, then again shortly after midnight. Calls were still coming in yesterday morning, police said. Police reported that the alarm system had malfunctioned.
Rockland, Maine
Coast Guard rescues man from sailboat
The Coast Guard rescued a 53-year-old man yesterday from his sailboat off the Maine coast. Coast Guard Petty Officer Zach Zubricki said Mike Hanagen was rescued at 12:47 a.m. about 40 miles south of Rockland. Hanagen, who was alone on his 29-foot boat, had been sailing for a couple of days and was seasick, disoriented, and dehydrated. The Coast Guard dispatched a 47-foot boat from the Rockland station and a helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod. Hanagen was airlifted from the boat and flown to a Portland-area hospital, where he is in stable condition.
PULASKI, N.Y.
Mass. man, 58, dies in boating accident
A Massachusetts man died yesterday in a boating accident on Lake Ontario, State Police said. Glenn Santos, 58, from Granby, and Raymond Hanley, from Mexico, were fishing when their boat began taking on water and capsized, troopers said. Fishermen responding to a radio distress call pulled Hanley onto their boat. Rescuers in a second boat held Santos above the water until the Coast Guard arrived. Santos was pulled from the water but he was pronounced dead at a hospital. (AP)
(Correction: Because of a reporting error, an item in the New England in Brief column yesterday about the forced landing of a US Airways jet at Logan Airport gave an incorrect model of the airliner and said the information came from an airport spokesman. The model number was taken from a US Airways website, where it was incorrect, not a spokesman. A US Airways spokesman yesterday said the plane was an Airbus A330.)
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