Falmouth

A driver is in critical condition after crashing their pickup truck during a police chase on Cape Cod Tuesday night, police said.

A construction worker was seriously hurt by an electric shock at a site in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Wednesday, fire officials said. The shock was delivered when a steel beam touched overhead electrical wires at an under-construction building on Main Street about 2 p.m., according to the Falmouth Fire Rescue Department. The worker was conscious but had to be flown to the...

A 29-year-old man was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries after he was hit by a car in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Police said the man was hit on the 600-block of Main Street around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported by Falmouth Fire and Rescue to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition....

A fire destroyed a home in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. on Deshon Drive. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known.

Two workers were seriously injured Friday afternoon when a wall fell on them at a construction site on Cape Cod, authorities said. Fire officials in Falmouth, Massachusetts, say crews responded to a report of a construction accident on Brick Kiln Road around 2:30 p.m. First responders arrived to find two workers “had sustained multi-system traumatic injuries,” the Falmouth Fire Rescue…

Firefighters in Falmouth, Massachusetts, are sounding the alarm about what they say is a hazard to public safety. Due to a shortage of dispatchers, firefighters said they are being forced to fill in — even though they have had zero training. “It would be the same thing as if you expected a firefighter to go teach English class,” said Falmouth…

The cause of a New Year’s Day fire that tore through Falmouth, on Cape Cod, is still unknown, but it’s not thought to be suspicious. Flames broke out at a multi-use building at 176 Main Street early Monday evening, leaving heartache for people who live and work in Falmouth. ”You can’t believe it’s happening,” said Amy Olson, who was...

A Florida woman visiting Falmouth, Massachusetts, was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle on Wednesday, according to authorities. The incident happened just after 4 p.m. in a marked crosswalk in front of Osteria La Civetta on Main Street, Falmouth police said. A Chevy pickup truck was turning left from Post Office Road onto Main Street, when it hit the…

A worker was seriously injured when a wall fell and hit him at a construction site in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. The Falmouth Fire Department said they responded to a construction site at 213 North Falmouth Highway around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. They said a side wall on the second floor of a home under construction was bring raised when…

A man from Martha’s Vineyard has pleaded guilty in connection to a charge of armed bank robbery in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in April. According to prosecutors, 40-year-old Petar Petyoshin, of Edgartown, zip-tied people at the Rockland Trust Bank in Falmouth, brandished a gun, placed what he said was a bomb on the counter and stole a vehicle from a bank...

A worker for the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, died after crashing a Department of Public Works pickup truck Wednesday, officials said. The truck crashed into a tree off Davisville Road about 2:19 p.m., Falmouth police said Thursday. The driver, a town employee who wasn’t identified, was critically hurt and died at Falmouth Hospital. Police are investigating what caused the...

From his bed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dave Fitch is hoping his team of doctors can save his leg. “I’ve had three surgeries here, and it became clear to me that my leg had actually been crushed,” he explained. “And they have been, for the past eight days, trying to save my leg from being amputated.” By means...

An arrest has been made in connection with a hit-and-run crash last week that seriously injured a husband and wife from Falmouth, Massachusetts. David Eldredge Jr., 33, of Falmouth turned himself in to police on Friday and is charged with two counts of leaving the scene of personal injury, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, reckless operation of…

The 51st running of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race took place Sunday, and it was one of the fastest ever. Course records were broken in both the men’s and women’s wheelchair divisions, a record was tied in the men’s division and the women’s division had one of the fastest times in over 20 years. Kenya’s Wesley Kiptoo tied the...

This Sunday is the Asics Falmouth Road Race. Jennifer Edwards, the executive director, tells us all about the race and how over 3,600 participants are running to raise funds for charities this year.

A husband and wife were injured when they were hit by a motorcycle while in a crosswalk on Monday night in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Falmouth police said they received a call at 8:48 p.m. Monday reporting that a motorcycle had struck two pedestrians on Main Street in front of the Estia Restaurant. Both people were in a marked crosswalk at the…

A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to sending threats two years ago to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs when she was the secretary of state. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 38-year-old James Clark entered a guilty plea to one count of sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official. Prosecutors say Clark, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, sent...

Two Massachusetts men were indicted by a grand jury on murder charges in the death of a 19-year-old who was stabbed on Cape Cod in June. Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois said Milteer Hendricks, 19, was killed in a stabbing on June 10 in Falmouth. On Wednesday his office announced the indictments against Armando Gomes, 24, and Adrian…

Authorities confirmed Tuesday that human remains found while searching around a park in Falmouth, Massachusetts, earlier this week were those of a man who had been missing for about two months. Falmouth police searched Monday in and around Goodwill Park in connection with the disappearance of 44-year-old Adam Wacholder. The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office confirmed Tuesday that...

A man from Martha’s Vineyard has been charged again in connection to a bank robbery in Falmouth, Massachusetts, this April. Federal prosecutors say the man, 40-year-old Petar Petyoshin, of Edgartown, zip-tied people at the Rockland Trust Bank in Falmouth, brandished a gun, placed what he said was a bomb on the counter and stole a vehicle from a bank...