WEEKEND NEWS BRIEFS: Driver runs over fork in the road, takes off...

“Well morning comes and you’re still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you’ve thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on…”

~ Al Stewart, The Year of the Cat

CENTERVILLE – The driver of what was described as a white Ford van left a very long skid mark prior to crashing into the fork in the road at the intersection of South Main Street and Pine Street shortly after midnight last evening. Signs and shrubbery were destroyed. The driver fled the scene in the white van, but left behind a license plate as sort of a “calling card.” Officers checked local addresses related to the registered owner, including one on Ocean Street in Hyannis, but were unable to locate the vehicle. The Barnstable Police are investigating…
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HN READER PHOTO: Three-vehicle Hyannis crash, with injuries…

HYANNIS – A HN reader heard a loud crash near their house on Rte. 28 around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. A witness reportedly said the Jeep was pulling out of the church next to the Barnstable Intermediate School when they were hit. Three vehicles were reportedly involved. The crash and screeching tires were reportedly extremely loud, according to witnesses. Hyannis and Centerville ambulances responded to the scene. The number of patients and extent of the injuries was unknown at the time of this report.
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HN PHOTOS: Officers break up testy males fighting and kicking one another…

HYANNIS – [HN NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] – Nothing punctuates the end of summer like a street fight at bar closing, as was the case early Saturday morning, at the intersection of Main Street and Barnstable Road. Except nowadays, the young drunken males apparently kick one another instead of settling their unintelligible, drunken bullshit with fisticuffs… and then, when the cops finally break things up, they mouth off to them like petulant schoolboys. Times have certainly changed… and it’s annoying, but at least nobody was stabbed… (and I suppose we should all be grateful for that…)

… but one of the alleged sidewalk kick-fighters did find himself charged with Assault & Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (shod foot), according to radio traffic, which is a felony charge. And another sidewalk warrior was checked out by Hyannis FD Rescue for minor injuries received during the fray.

Alcohol consumption was believed to have been a factor.

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HN PHOTO: Helping people in stride…

Ridgewood Ave, Hyannis, Massachusetts ~ 9/1/22

Firefighters and police help a man found scraped up and bleeding on the side of the road early Thursday morning. The man was reportedly intoxicated and having trouble walking… and was eventually transported to Cape Cod Hospital.

* The initial details contained in the above reports are based on police radio traffic, witness statements, and information on scene. All defendants presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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