Chilmark police are continuing to investigate a fatal moped accident on South Road that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman and left a 20-year-old man with serious injuries.
In 2019, the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office communications center logged 332 reports of deer struck by cars around the Island, more than double the amount in 2014.
Minor motor vehicle accidents, including a moped accident and VTA mishap in Edgartown and rollover in West Tisbury, occupied Island police over the weekend.
Services are planned for next Wednesday for two longtime Chilmark residents who were killed when they were hit by a motorist Saturday night in Connecticut.
The driver of the Toyota Tacoma that rolled over on Metcalf Drive last Friday was a 17-year-old junior operator who will be cited for violating the restrictions on his license.
Three people were injured, one critically on Thursday night when a Vineyard Transit Authority bus struck two pedestrians near the Church Street bus stop in Edgartown.
An Oak Bluffs firefighter was listed in critical condition in a Boston hospital Thursday following a freak motorcycle accident over the weekend. Eric Voshell, 37, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital early Sunday morning.