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Driver slams into house on Washington Street in Roslindale

By adamg on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 12:23pm
Car up on front steps of house at Washington and Wellesmere

Photo by a roving UHub photographer.

A driver ran his or her car into the front steps of a triple decker at 4436 Washington St. at Wellsmere Road in Roslindale around 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday. The car's air bags went off and ISD was requested to check the structural integrity of the building.

That's the same intersection where two drivers collided in November, sending one vehicle into a tree and flipping the other on its roof.

Neighborhoods: 
Roslindale
Topics: 
Driving
Free tagging: 
Wellesmere Road
Washington Street
Wellsmere Road


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Comments

By JJ on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 12:56pm.

5:40 *AM* ??

Or are you saying we have time to go watch this happen? :)

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By Anon on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 1:17pm.

No, it was yesterday evening.

By adamg on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 2:44pm.

Fixed, yes, the crash was Wednesday.

By tjridesbikes on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 12:59pm.

Washington Street in Rozzie is one of the worst streets to walk, bike, bus, or drive on in Boston. Rampant lawlessness, speeding, and aggressive driving make me avoid it at all costs. Even in a car, it's scary how other people disregard the law and safety of others. Something needs to be done!

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By Waquiot on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 6:52pm.

I walk Washington Street from the Square to Forest Hills (and vice versa) regularly and don't have problems. Honestly, speeding at 5:40 pm weekdays is close to impossible. I'm not usually up by Wellsmere excepting the odd walk to the hardware store. I never drive that stretch due to there being congestion between Albano Street and the Square on a constant basis. How this car ended up hitting the house is a head scratcher.

That said, it would be nice if BPD had enough officers to have a traffic enforcement division. It kind of, sort of pays for itself (except that the fines are not allowed to go directly to the BPD lest enforcement become revenue collection.)

By Kinopio on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 9:31pm.

We have enough cops. They are “busy” taking naps at construction sites collecting overtime.

By Transphobia Watch on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 1:05pm.

Just use "they" to include everyone. Even the transphobic NYT has added singular they to their styleguide. When trans and nonbinary people see this antiquated "his or her" stuff, we can tell this isn't a space that includes us.

By Kinopio on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 9:34pm.

It must be exhausting to constantly play the victim.

By MrZip on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 1:08pm.

First Marcella Street, now this.

By Bostoneer on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 2:49pm.

Those damn bike lanes strike again!

By Concerned neighbor on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 4:22pm.

I live on Wellsmere and I’m tired of the street being used as a cut through. I can barely get out of my of my driveway at rush hour. This has been an ongoing issue since I moved here in 2018 where cars try to make a left turn on to Washington, unsuccessfully. The city does nothing about it. Wellsmere should be a dead end street and Washington should be heavily policed.

By anon on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 6:12pm.

Was the house wearing a helmet?

By Good Guy on Thu, 01/09/2025 - 8:37pm.

Roslindale for some reason has a rash of house crashes nasty ones.