AVON, Mass. — Massachusetts State Police and the Avon Police Department weighed 150 commercial vehicles and found 136 violations during a joint enforcement operation in Avon on Nov. 4, state police said Friday.

The operation was meant to enforce restrictions that keep heavy commercial vehicles off certain roads and to improve road safety, police said. Officers inspected 45 vehicles, took seven commercial vehicles and 11 drivers out of service and issued $3,785 in fines.

Among the violations, according to state police, were three drivers without a license, one driving on a suspended license, one violating a restriction on a commercial driver's license and six without a required medical certificate. Police also found two unregistered trucks and one carrier operating despite failing a safety audit in 2024.

One commercial vehicle was missing brakes, police said, and one truck was carrying so much cargo that it had to be unloaded.

The operation was carried out by the state police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section, known as the Truck Team, with Avon police. It followed a similar joint operation by the two agencies in April, police said.

Avon Police Chief Jeffrey J. Bukunt credited Sgt. Alex McCabe of the state police and his team for the work.

This brief was drafted by AI from a public agency or political press release and published by The New England Signal. Why we use AI for stories like this one.