POLICE LOG: Officers Respond to Two Hit-and-Run Incidents in Stoneham

Find out what types of calls kept Stoneham Police Department busy recently.

Police Log: Stoneham Officers Handle Two Reports of Cars Hitting Houses During a Snowstorm

Find out what others calls the Stoneham Police Department handled recently.

[Editor's note: The following information was provided by the Stoneham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.] In less than 10 minutes, Stoneham Police were called to two accident scenes involving cars hitting houses on Jan. 21 during a snowstorm. At 10:50 a.m., police respond to Franklin Street on a report of car hitting a house. A wall of the building sustained minor damage. No EMS was needed. One vehicle towed from the scene. Several minutes later at 10:57 a.m., police were called to Main Street for a report of a car hitting a house. No one was injured. One car was towed from the scene. Jan. 20 @12:47 p.m.: Police respond to hit-and-run report on Montvale Avenue. No injuries …

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Report: Accident on Montvale Avenue in Stoneham

A crash with injuries reportedly happened near 248 Montvale Avenue in town Wednesday morning. We'll provide more details as they come in.

A crash with injuries reportedly happened near 248 Montvale Avenue Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. Stoneham Fire arrived shortly thereafter. We'll provide more details as they come in.

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Hitting the Road: Checking Under the Hood of Your Auto Insurance Policy

Just as important to winter travel as anti-freeze and snow tires, a local insurance agent discusses what you should look out for in your own policy before braving the winter roads.

Though there has been a decline, fatalities resulting from automobile accidents in 2008 went down by about 16 percent as compared to the number of fatalities in 2007 in Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division. However, 363 total deaths is still an alarming number considering we all get behind the wheel of a car nearly everyday of our lives. Serious injuries have also declined by about 10 percent for the same period, but again the number of injuries totaling 3,747 puts the issue into a more no-nonsense perspective. Meanwhile, car crashes without injury or death incidents alone reached a total number of 132,274 in 2008. With winter upon us, the fact that any of us could be involved in automobile accident, …

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