Police probing fall from Zakim bridge

State police are investigating how a person, apparently a motorist, fell off the Leonard P. Zakim-Bunker Hill Bridge and landed on the property of Boston Sand and Gravel last night. The person was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries after authorities were called about 10:45 p.m. to northbound Interstate 93 before exit 28 on the bridge, said State Trooper Eric Benson.

Police are investigating the death of an inmate early yesterday at the state prison in Concord. No foul play is suspected, but authorities are investigating the cause of death, said Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Correction. The inmate, William Driscoll, 41, whose last known address was in Waltham, was found by a correctional officer conducting rounds at the facility about 5:45 a.m. He was pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m. at Emerson Hospital. Wiffin said that the prison's emergency medical procedures were followed. Driscoll was serving a two-to-three-year jail sentence for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He was up for parole in January 2010.

Bowdoin College is banning cars for first-year students starting in 2009. Campus officials say the decision is part of Bowdoin's efforts to promote environmental responsibility. At the same time, they say the decision will help to foster a greater sense of community for college freshmen, who are already required to live on campus. Bowdoin College president Barry Mills says the decision makes sense, especially since having a car at Bowdoin "is mostly a luxury, and hardly ever a necessity." (AP)

Authorities said a Maine state trooper fatally shot a man who was armed with a shotgun during a domestic dispute Monday in Albion. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the first trooper on the scene got into an armed confrontation with Johnathan Sullivan, who died in an ambulance while awaiting transfer to the LifeFlight helicopter. The attorney general's office is investigating. McCausland says trooper Derrick Record, who fired the fatal shot, has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation. (AP)

A man swept away by the strong current in the Merrimack River in Manchester, N.H., has been found safe. Rescue crews were called to the Merrimack late yesterday morning after a witness reported a man went into the river for a swim, then was swept under and taken downstream. Officials say he was found safe on the opposite shore. (AP)

Authorities in New Hampshire have recovered the body of a Boston man who fell into the Swift River. Fish and Game officials said David Hildebrandt, 29, slipped off a rock Sunday afternoon and was swept away. His body was found yesterday in Albany, N.H. Officials at Elms College in Chicopee, Mass., say Hildebrandt was hired in May to serve as coach of the men's and women's volleyball teams. He spent the last seven years as volleyball coach at Newbury College in Boston. Elms College interim president Walter Breau called Hildebrandt a talented young man and said his death was a great loss. (AP)

Rescuers searching at a Tiverton pond have found the body of a boater who went missing there this weekend. Gail Mastrati of the state Department of Environmental Management said searchers recovered the body of 39-year-old Joseph Traficante about noon yesterday in 20 feet of water at Stafford Pond. The search started Sunday evening when Traficante went into the pond from a fishing boat. The family of firefighter Gerald Leduc, who died during the initial rescue effort, is planning a funeral Mass on Friday in St. Theresa Church in Tiverton. (AP)