ilovesashimi ([info]ilovesashimi) wrote in [info]b0st0n,
@ 2008-05-08 08:45:00
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Babcock street is still pretty backed up as well as comm ave. There are lots of police and a few ambulances, but there didn't seem to be serious injuries as the globe's reporting.





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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 12:49 pm UTC (link)
Hope everyone is okay.

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[info]gemini6ice
2008-05-08 12:54 pm UTC (link)
I hope the person who was going 75mph and who caused the mess is not.

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 12:59 pm UTC (link)
He could've had a seizure or another medical problem.

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[info]0bsessions
2008-05-08 01:11 pm UTC (link)
Or he could've been an idiot going 75 through what appears to be a school zone.

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 01:12 pm UTC (link)
Right. But why make assumptions before you know what happened?

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[info]gemini6ice
2008-05-08 01:13 pm UTC (link)
occam's razor? ;')

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[info]morbidiqua
2008-05-08 01:18 pm UTC (link)
You can't care about anyone or be nice on this community is seems... or you get snarked upon with a mighty hammer.

Anyhow... seems none of the injuries were serious AND someone else got hit by a medical supplies truck a block away from the accident. Also not serious.

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[info]roachmckrackin
2008-05-08 02:44 pm UTC (link)
"someone else got hit by a medical supplies truck a block away from the accident"

LOL, I'm sorry, but that's a LITTLE funny

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[info]morbidiqua
2008-05-08 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Ironic... mostly. Or perhaps fortunate?

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[info]diego001
2008-05-08 09:16 pm UTC (link)
Having been hit by a highway safety truck would've been more ironic.

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[info]lonelyholiday
2008-05-08 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Wait, I thought the medical truck was the one that caused the accident(s) in the first place... Of course, I'm at work and not following the reports too closely, maybe I'm wrong there.

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[info]0bsessions
2008-05-08 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Because it's human nature?

People are going to assume one way or the other until facts come out. As it stands, seizure or medical issue or not, the guy would likely only get up to 75 if he was being irresponsible. It really doesn't honestly happen all that often to begin with (A lot of folks who are prone to seizures are denied a license outright to avoid stuff like that) and even in the rare occasion it does, it's even more rare that their foot slams down on the gas pedal rather than slipping off the pedal or careening off the road entirely.

Causality and the basic odds lead me to assume that it was most likely just one hell of an irresponsible driver who lost control of his car.

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 01:26 pm UTC (link)
Seizures can come out of the blue, not to mention that it could have also been something like a heart attack. But it's pointless to assume on either side. We can just wait for the information. I just don't think it's right to crucify the driver before the facts come out, but that's just me.

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[info]ohwownerd
2008-05-08 01:33 pm UTC (link)
Stop being such a car accident apologist.

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 01:38 pm UTC (link)
My bad.

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[info]jamiesquared
2008-05-08 02:30 pm UTC (link)
To get a license when you have epilepsy you need to go a certain amount of time without a seizure. It gets strictly monitored by the state and you need to get a test that shows your brain waves which can then show how long ago you had a seizure. I had a friend who would go without a seizure for a super long time and then right before her test she would have one.

There are people who have seizures randomly and often have not had them before. My sister who is 16 started fainting last year. She will be walking completely fine and then all of a sudden she is on the ground. She has seen so many doctors and they have finally diagnosed her. I said how will she drive (she is now 16) safely and the Dr. said as long as she is sitting it will never occur...only while walking. I was shocked. So yea there are many people out there who have conditions that can pop up at anytime.

Someone with diabetes could go into a sugar shock at any moment even if they took their proper meds.

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[info]richips
2008-05-08 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Precisely.
Some folks begin to have pseudo-seizures which are caused by psychological trauma, etc. whence never having had one before.
Etc etc etc.

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[info]wisefool
2008-05-08 03:21 pm UTC (link)
My uncle found out he had epilepsy when a seizure occurred while he was driving. Over a bridge.

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[info]richips
2008-05-08 03:22 pm UTC (link)
Holy shit.

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[info]richips
2008-05-08 01:46 pm UTC (link)
i agree with you on all counts.

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[info]goditsfatal
2008-05-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
ditto. i lost consciousness while driving a few years back and almost caused a huge accident. thankfully, no one was hurt. but yes, this could be more than just reckless driving, so why jump to conclusions?

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[info]richips
2008-05-08 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Oh wow. i am glad you are alive and the accident did not occur.

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[info]goditsfatal
2008-05-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
you and i both! ;)

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[info]gemini6ice
2008-05-08 01:12 pm UTC (link)
You're right, sorry. I retract my statement and modify it to "if this was, in fact, simply a case of reckless driving..."

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 01:16 pm UTC (link)
I wouldn't want him/her to die, but yes, if this was a case of reckless driving, the person should face some serious charges.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-05-08 03:18 pm UTC (link)
Ouch. Where did you hear that?

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[info]richips
2008-05-08 03:24 pm UTC (link)
Oh wow.

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[info]pancetta
2008-05-08 03:54 pm UTC (link)
I figured this may have been something medical. Very sad. Hope he's okay and I'm glad that there were only minor injuries.

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[info]diego001
2008-05-08 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh, harsh.

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[info]kimmercake
2008-05-08 01:04 pm UTC (link)
DRIVINGFAIL

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[info]ethics
2008-05-08 01:31 pm UTC (link)
Five minutes and counting until someone makes this a fail macro.

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[info]perich
2008-05-08 01:52 pm UTC (link)
funny pictures
moar funny pictures

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[info]mcflynnthm
2008-05-08 02:11 pm UTC (link)
funny pictures
moar funny pictures

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[info]ominousspectre
2008-05-08 02:26 pm UTC (link)
heh.

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[info]islandofzilan
2008-05-08 02:10 pm UTC (link)
aww, poor truck. that looks like my truck--its not, but...


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[info]shb80
2008-05-08 02:35 pm UTC (link)
Too bad that truck wasn't the one that caused the accident. Whoever made that Fail macro Failed.

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[info]sophiaserpentia
2008-05-08 02:40 pm UTC (link)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/05/series_of_crash.html

How are there only 3 minor injuries out of all that? I guess most of the cars that were hit were parked and unoccupied?

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[info]pasquin
2008-05-08 03:53 pm UTC (link)
Another drunk teacher trying to park. Shame, really.

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[info]gemini6ice
2008-05-08 11:22 pm UTC (link)
You would drink and drive too if your students told their parents every time you had sex with them.

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[info]forever_dreams
2008-05-08 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Oh my, first a bomb threat to BU's Mugar library on Sunday and now this. Fate really doesn't want BU students to do well on their exams. Luckily this time all they have to do is walk more which sadly not a lot of BU undergrad students do :(

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[info]paperface
2008-05-08 04:14 pm UTC (link)
I plan to ace everything. I AM A HERO.

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[info]thetathx1138
2008-05-08 06:16 pm UTC (link)
Well, maybe the undergrads will wear sensible shoes instead of fuck-me heels and crusty old Vans.

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[info]gemini6ice
2008-05-08 11:23 pm UTC (link)
and maybe the T will straighten out its budget.

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[info]thetathx1138
2008-05-08 11:24 pm UTC (link)
And maybe all of b0st0n will meet in a big kumbaya circle and hug and cry and forgive each other for being snarky.

I think that image actually made me physically ill.

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[info]diego001
2008-05-08 09:20 pm UTC (link)
At least it's better than when the University decided to have the home opener for the Boston Breakers the weekend before exam week.

And yes, I'm showing my age. This happened in 2001.

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[info]kissoflife
2008-05-08 06:47 pm UTC (link)
Epic.
And *hangs head* that WhiteCar's trunk is just like mine for overstuffedness.
Let's pretend that messed with their turning radius, etc. and rant about that awhile, eh?

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