An Edgartown man who sustained a traumatic head injury in an accident last month is in the early stages of recovery, family members said. Isaac Higgins, 21, had been in a coma but is now awake and has been discharged to a rehabilitation facility.
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Bar fights, motor vehicle accidents and dead sea life occupied Island law enforcement over the long Labor Day weekend.
Chilmark police, fire and EMS responded to a single-car accident on South Road Thursday afternoon that sent the driver to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. No citations have been issued.
A three-car accident Saturday evening forced the temporary closure of the Lagoon Pond drawbridge and sent two people to the hospital.
State police are investigating an accident in Edgartown in which three cyclists resting on a rail beside the bike path were hit by a passing vehicle, according to police on the scene.
A 71-year-old Edgartown man is facing loss of license and other possible charges after he drove his car through the window of the Edgartown Meat and Fish store at the Triangle Sunday morning.