NBC Boston reports State Police had to call in a crane truck to remove the remains of an excavator on a flatbed whose driver slammed into the top of the inbound tunnel around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday. No, the crane truck did not then also storrow.
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It doesn't happen there very often
By Ron Newman
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 5:08am
To get to this location, you have to first fit under both the Fairfield Street and Dartmouth Street pedestrian bridges.
What is the citation?
By Lecil
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 8:29am
The driver gets a citation; is the company that they work for also fined? Is the dollar amount involved painful enough to actually educate?
I think the embarrassment is
By anon
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 9:16am
I think the embarrassment is plenty enough to educate. I doubt many people Storrow twice in their lifetime.
Even when nobody gets hurt, a
By dvg
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 9:48am
Even when nobody gets hurt, a small excavator like the one on the picture starts in the high five-figure. A decapitated truck would also be in the $tens of thousands in damage and a huge insurance penalty. I don't think that anyone who gets closely involved with a storrowed vehicle ever forgets about it.
Educate who?
By Greene
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:08am
It's a new driver every time.
Big fines for the last guy won't stop the next guy.
We had the privilege....
By Michael Kerpan
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 6:58pm
... to be stuck in this mess while on the way to MGH for a medical appointment.
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