the gay gay jew ([info]unappropriate) wrote in [info]b0st0n,
@ 2008-03-17 08:17:00
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central square with the what now?
what the hell happened in central square this morning? i rounded the corner onto mass ave by harvest and there were police cars, ambulances and firetrucks everywhere, and three or four oil trucks backed up down the block (though the latter may have just been timing traffic-wise). i checked boston.com cuz i'm not new here, but i didn't see anything.

'course, it may have just not been updated yet.

anyway, anyone know what was going on?

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[info]lustfulgustav
2008-03-17 12:28 pm UTC (link)
I questioned the same thing as my bus driver went the wrong way down a one way street, and then continued on a magical detour journey navigated by other passengers who were yelling out directions.

According to everyone's favorite transit website there was a "pedestrian accident." (I think that's what nice people say when they're referring to someone getting nailed by a car.)

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[info]verdammelt
2008-03-17 12:49 pm UTC (link)
I have little further info but a star market tractor trailer was involved. I believe hitting a pedestrian.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-03-17 12:54 pm UTC (link)
Bus 94? That doesn't go anywhere near Central Square.

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[info]zanylikethat
2008-03-17 01:06 pm UTC (link)
Hmm. Perhaps we were on the same bus.

I fully expected to be late for work, but my bus driver was so gung ho about going places, such as in front of oncoming traffic or squeezed against the side of buildings, signs, or parked cars, that I managed to not be particularly late. Although I'm sure all the people waiting at bus stops that the dude just kinda drove past were not quite so punctual as I.

Woooo MBTA drama and adventure and on the high seas!

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LMFAO - [info]laerwen, 2008-03-17 07:39 pm UTC
Re: LMFAO - [info]lustfulgustav, 2008-03-17 07:58 pm UTC
Re: LMFAO - [info]laerwen, 2008-03-17 11:18 pm UTC
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Re: LMFAO - [info]laerwen, 2008-03-18 12:11 am UTC
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Re: LMFAO - [info]laerwen, 2008-03-18 08:33 pm UTC
Re: LMFAO - [info]lustfulgustav, 2008-03-18 01:44 pm UTC
Re: LMFAO - [info]laerwen, 2008-03-18 08:36 pm UTC

[info]playertwo
2008-03-17 03:24 pm UTC (link)
The real question is this:

Was the pedestrian an idiot jaywalker? Or did a maniac run a red light?

My money is on the former.

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[info]playertwo
2008-03-17 01:34 pm UTC (link)
I don't know why these posts bother me so much. I admit it's irrational.

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[info]unappropriate
2008-03-17 02:41 pm UTC (link)
can't help ya there.

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[info]catullus_5
2008-03-17 02:54 pm UTC (link)
I think you're justified in being irked. This is a city. Police get dispatched to places on a daily basis. Sometimes, you'll happen to pass by. It's not a big deal. There's no need to notify all your close LJ friends.

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[info]carlagaglione
2008-03-17 01:42 pm UTC (link)
I checked NECN.com, nothing...WBZ.com, rien...
Maybe since it didn't happen in downtown proper, they figured it was nothing to get excited about.

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[info]carlagaglione
2008-03-17 01:44 pm UTC (link)
this is what I got off MBTA.com

Bus 94 - Bus 91 - Bus 83 - Bus 70A - Bus 70 - Bus 64 - Bus 1 - Bus CT1 - All Bus Routes - experiencing 15-20 min delays due to Street closure - pedestrian accident - 3/17/2008 7:54 AM

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[info]lustfulgustav
2008-03-17 01:59 pm UTC (link)
I posted a link to that in the first comment.

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[info]unappropriate
2008-03-17 02:42 pm UTC (link)
yeah, that's what a few other people said. the sites hadn't been updated earlier though, so i missed it all.

thanks!

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[info]jellobiafrascat
2008-03-17 02:16 pm UTC (link)
Someone was hit by a Shaw's truck. I'm staring down at Mass Ave in Central Square now (we're in the tall building on Prospect and Mass Ave).

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[info]thetathx1138
2008-03-17 02:20 pm UTC (link)
>CRINGE< That's no good. Pardon the rubbernecker in me asking, but does it look like said pedestrian is alive?

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[info]unappropriate
2008-03-17 02:44 pm UTC (link)
ooh, that building freaks me out - the hallways are too narrow.

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[info]akinkyprofile
2008-03-17 05:47 pm UTC (link)
super. that will teach them to mock the 1$ jaywalking fine.

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[info]feedmittens
2008-03-17 02:46 pm UTC (link)
Not to be all grody but I noticed a big wet slick on the ground leading up to where the truck was. Ick. Hope it wasn't too bad.

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[info]lustfulgustav
2008-03-17 02:48 pm UTC (link)
Big Wet Slick = another great band name. Just saying.

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[info]unappropriate
2008-03-17 02:50 pm UTC (link)
...ew.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-03-17 03:24 pm UTC (link)
From Cambridge Chronicle online: Harvard student in critical condition after being hit by truck

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[info]0bsessions
2008-03-17 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Oh, wow. I live in my own little world. I got on the T for work right there at about eight this morning and didn't notice shit.

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[info]unappropriate
2008-03-17 04:12 pm UTC (link)
ouch. thanks.

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darwin
[info]akinkyprofile
2008-03-17 05:57 pm UTC (link)
i cant help but not give a damn about some moron who got hit by a truck. rules of crosswalks, right of way, yields, bad lights etc, there is no way that if he had looked both ways before walking into the street, paused for traffic that didn't look like it was stopping, he would not have gotten smashed. chances are he was just one of the many dumb asses who just walk right out into the street without even looking all over Boston, let alone paying attention to see if driver's even see them. am I the only one that does this before stepping off a curb?

Personally I feel bad for the truck driver, he'll prob loose his job, get sued by the family, have the emotional trauma of squashing someone on his conscious not to mention i would think they pull your cdl if you kill a pedestrian just becuase some dumb ass didn't look both ways and believed more int he rule of law than the laws of physics.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-03-17 06:04 pm UTC (link)
If the accident happened the way people here are reconstructing it, the pedestrian was in the crosswalk with a WALK signal, and was hit by a truck whose driver was not paying proper attention.

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Re: darwin - [info]designer_music, 2008-03-18 12:49 am UTC
not sun blindness
[info]ron_newman
2008-03-17 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Some folks here including me speculated about the truck driver possibly being blinded by early morning low sun. However, some folks on Universal Hub say this can't be the case if the accident happened at 6:45 am, because sunrise today was at 6:52.

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[info]laerwen
2008-03-18 12:15 am UTC (link)
I saw this on the news tonight... it was just terrible. The poor guy left a, er, streak down the road about 25 feet. Ugh. Rest in peace, Mr. Poor Bastard. :(

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