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Driver hits and kils pedestrian in South Boston, slams into building

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By adamg on Sun, 01/12/2025 - 10:25pm

Boston.com reports on a crash around 9:20 a.m. in Andrew Square that killed a pedestrian and, after the vehicle slammed into a building, sent the driver and a passenger to the hospital with critical injuries.

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South Boston
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Driving
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Andrew Square
Dorchester Avenue


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By Wiffleball on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 6:23am.

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By dvg on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 7:20am.

I happened to ride down this way on Dot Ave some 45 minutes after it happened. It looked serious as there was a large emergency response and the entire intersection was tapped far and wide, not even allowing pedestrians to cross anywhere near.

For that SUV to drive across this wide intersection, get so badly crushed on the opposite side, and leaving driver and passenger in critical condition (in addition to the unlucky pedestrian), they had to be driving at some ridiculously innapropriate speed.

By Rob on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 8:39am.

Thank you for posting, Adam - I had wondered.
I went by around midday - police had the Andrew Square intersection closed and each approaching street closed a block back, while the investigation unit worked.

By tjridesbikes on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 9:00am.

Vehicular violence is such a huge problem that generally gets ignored. Drivers are out of control and killing pedestrians and cyclists with their vehicles. It needs more attention, and it needs to stop!

We bemoan the homicides and there's a lot of reporting on the decrease of homicides year-over-year. Boston had 24 homicides in 2024, but more that twice that number of cyclist and pedestrians were mowed down by drivers! Cars are killing far more of our citizens than guns!

Where is the outrage? Where is the reporting? We still don't know who killed John Corcoran!

By robo on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 11:57am.

Glenn Inghram. Odd that you left that one out considering they were both killed a couple weeks apart.

By tjridesbikes on Mon, 01/13/2025 - 12:15pm.

Yes, Glenn Inghram matters. So do Minh-Thi Nguyen and Kim Staley. That wasn't in question here. The point is that drivers, whether they be private citizens or public employees, aren't held accountable for the violence inflicted on vulnerable road users.

By sartreswaiter on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 10:24am.

Genuinely curious about vehicle collision deaths, can you actually provide a source that twice as many killed by cars as homicide victims? As much as I personally support better safety for bikers and pedestrians, this number does seems high. But with a source I'd believe it.

By cinnamngrl on Thu, 01/16/2025 - 7:08am.

Perhaps you should google it.

By sartreswaiter on Fri, 01/17/2025 - 8:29am.

It's incumbent on the person making the claim to provide evidence, not the person questioning the claim.

But just a placate you and respond to your thoughtful comment, the answer is 6 fatalities last year according to Boston's Vision Zero website.

So yeah, 4x as many people were murdered than killed by vehicles, not the other way around. Still a tragedy, but the OP's claim is very false.

By cinnamngrl on Fri, 01/17/2025 - 4:41pm.

101 pedestrians were killed in Massachusetts in 2022
There were 162 Homicide victims in 2022

How many people were prosecuted for killing a person with their car? 1

By cinnamngrl on Wed, 01/15/2025 - 7:17am.

He needs to stop whining about junkies in the common and do something for the safety of pedestrians in South Boston.