Medical Issues Lead to Chilmark Car Crashes - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Medical issues lead to Chilmark car crashes - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Three people were sent to hospital on Saturday due to two separate car crashes in Chilmark on Saturday, which police reported were caused by drivers’ medical incidents.  According to Chilmark Police Chief Sean Slavin, the first crash involved an 82-year-old driver and his 81-year-old wife, both from Chilmark at Middle Road and Tea Lane in the town. The driver had “some type of medical incident and accelerated” while exiting Tea Lane and taking a…

Car crashes into Rip Van Winkle cruise boat on Kingston waterfront

A bizarre accident occurred in Kingston at approximately 6:45pm on Sunday, July 13, when a car careened down the steep hill at the the foot of Broadway, passed through an iron gate and plowed directly into the side of the Rip Van Winkle boat. A witness who was dining at Mariner’s Harbor reported hearing a huge crash, and after walking to the scene, saw an elderly man with his wife outside the vehicle, the assumed driver and passenger, respective…