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Must've spilled out of a moat: Fitchburg Line train hits a boat

By adamg on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 2:01pm
Boat that was hit by a commuter rail train

The boat, freshly made sinkable by a commuter train. Photo by Transit PD.

Transit Police report on what, so far, is the weirdest MBTA crash of the year:

4/10 12:15AM Fitchburg Line between Cambridge & Belmont unknown person/s left a boat on the right of way. An #MBTA commuter rail train did strike the boat. No injuries were reported & no damage to train. TPD Detectives to follow up.

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Topics: 
The T
Free tagging: 
Fitchburg Line
Commuter rail
boats


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Comments

By MassMouse on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 3:16pm.

Dear MIT hacks:

It belongs on TOP of the dome!
Sincerely
State U

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By mg on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 3:55pm.

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By jmeltzer on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 6:22pm.

but you still need a bigger boat.

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By Bob Leponge on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 9:39am.

Why the archaic “train did strike the boat” and not the modern “train struck the boat?” I see this in police reports consistently enough that here some reason for it?

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By Lee on Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:01am.

… appear articulate and official. Like faking a British accent.

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By Rob on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 1:08pm.

I assume it was shorthand for "yes you read it right, no it wasn't a typo, yes the train did hit a boat"