Crime & Safety

Alleged Drunk Driver Slams Into 150-Year-Old Nantucket Civil War Monument

Police and fire crews responded to the area of Milk and Main streets shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday night.

(CBS Boston)

February 7, 2025

NANTUCKET - A Nantucket man has been charged with drunk driving after crashing into a 150-year-old monument to Civil War veterans on the island, police said.

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Police and fire crews responded to the area of Milk and Main streets shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday night.

"It was reported that the vehicle had struck the Nantucket Civil War Monument in the middle of the intersection," Nantucket police said in a statement.

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