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Man suffers life-threatening injuries when hit by a bus at Forest Hills

By adamg on Sat, 10/12/2024 - 3:39pm

An MBTA bus turning left out of the lower busway at Forest Hills hit a pedestrian shortly before 11:55 a.m.

In addition to police, Boston firefighters responded to get the unresponsive man out from under the bus, which they did around noon, handing him over to Boston EMS for evaluation and transportation to a local trauma center.

WCVB reports that neither Transit nor Boston Police provided a possible cause for the crash.

The road in front of the station was shut for the investigation.

Neighborhoods: 
Jamaica Plain
Topics: 
The T
Free tagging: 
Forest Hills
buses
pedestrians


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Comments

By Frelmont on Sat, 10/12/2024 - 4:23pm.

I can’t get beyond a commercial in the link.

What a horrific tragedy. I am always impressed by the busses managing that specific left turn and inching past the double parked car on the opposite corner that begrudgingly creeps forward in about a half a dozen selfish, reluctant increments until the bus can finally squeeze through only to then contend with the gauntlet ahead.

The short distance between the crosswalks at the bus entryway and exit must be inch for inch first among the top five most jaywalked spaces in Boston. Mostly, it’s teenagers who have to look tough who can’t dare be caught using the crosswalk, but there’s a fair cross section of grown ass adults who cautiously dash, carelessly saunter, or in stuporous stumble work their way across the street. Then there’s the irregular person who dashes across the street for their app taxi in blind impulsivity, or the noob who misreads and mis judges how to jaywalk here. In spite of that the crosswalks have no small number of regular users.

By Lee on Sat, 10/12/2024 - 5:27pm.

… the majority of pedestrians are hit when crossing the street. I was nearly hit in one today on Washington St. downtown.

I jaywalk for safety and as an act of civil disobedience. Though, I note that that stretch does have a fair number of crosswalks. Even if they are not safe. Last Sat I was nearly hit in one of them.

Blame this poor victim before you know anything, why don’t ya!

Hope he recovers.

Bus drivers vary greatly in their driving skills, I’ve noticed. Most are better drivers than personal vehicle drivers.