RANDOLPH – Seven people were killed and three injured Friday night in what long-time law enforcement officials are saying is one of the worst accidents in the state’s history.
A group of motorcyclists, members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, collided with a 2016 Dodge pick-up truck hauling an empty flatbed trailer on Route 2.
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