Transport and Logistics Network
A man riding an E-scooter has been arrested for drunk driving[1] on the M5 motorway[2] at 3am on Thursday, 29 December.The 29-year-old was stopped by officers on the M5 northbound between Junction 25 (Taunton[3]) and Junction 24 (Bridgwater[4]).Dashcam…
A state trooper sustained non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged drunk driver hit a police cruiser on Route 24 southbound in West Bridgewater early Saturday morning, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Ildo Wilson De Pina, 38, of Taunton,…
They initially received a call from a woman on December 3, who said she was driving on the M5 near junction 25 (Taunton), and believed there was a drunk driver in front of her who was ‘all over the place’.
Officers waited on the hard shoulder for the v…
A BUSY A-road through the Somerset levels is ‘likely’ to be closed to allow emergency services to recover a crashed lorry.
Police officers and the fire service are at the scene of a crash on the A361 near Greinton after a lorry veered off the carriagew…
A crash has left a busy A-road in Somerset[1] closed this afternoon (December 19). The incident has been reported on the A361 in the village of Greinton, near Middlezoy.
According to traffic[2] monitoring website Inrix, the crash has shut the road in b…
A “police-led incident” on the M5 has forced a closure on the motorway. The incident is taking place between junctions 26 for Wellington and 25 for Taunton.
National Highways says a road closure has been set up and Avon and Somerset Police are at the s…
A “police incident” has left the M5 closed during the evening rush hour in Somerset. The incident has been reported between junctions 26 (Wellington) and 25 (Taunton).
Traffic monitoring website Inrix had earlier reported there were “people on the road…
Essential repairs to a key bridge in Taunton town centre will cost £1.3m, Somerset Council has revealed. The council announced in late-November that extensive repairs would be carried out to the grade two listed Town Bridge[1], which carries the A3027 …
A mum went into labour at home and gave birth under the Christmas[1] tree. Leanne Tighe, 38, was expecting her third child to be born before December 25.
But the healthcare assistant had the baby under her Christmas tree on the living room floor – in t…
All traffic was stopped on the M5 in Somerset following a reported multi-vehicle collision. The incident happened sometime before 5.30pm on the southbound carriageway between junction 24 (Bridgwater South) and junction 25 (Taunton).
According to traffi…