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Another MBTA bus crash sends six to hospital, in Dedham

By adamg on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 5:03pm

AlertNewEngland reports a 34E bus and a car collided outside the Stop & Shop at the Dedham Mall around 3:20 p.m. Five bus passengers and the driver of the car were taken to local hospitals with minor neck and back injuries.

The T reports the driver of the car was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign, and that the bus suffered minor damage to the right side; the auto moderate damage to the front.

Neighborhoods: 
Dedham
Topics: 
The T
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buses
Dedham Mall


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Comments

By NotWhitey on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 7:41pm.

"Neck and back injuries" = Fakers.

By AlertNewEngland on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 8:52pm.

"Neck and back injuries" = Payday.

By anon on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 4:19am.

First thing you do at a bus accident = don't let anyone on or off, or you'll have a hundred more neck and back injury claims than you had actual riders.

This is not a town of decent people.

By RhoninFire on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 9:45am.

Now, I'm not from Dedham, but I can't imagine that they will appreciate being called of indecent people who will line up at a crashed bus so they can sue them.

By anon on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 9:54am.

My bad. I was thinking of Boston.

By Pete Nice on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 10:03am.

was this country.

Besides that, the 34E is a long route that probably has very few Dedham residents.

By adamg on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 10:08am.

I really only have one thing on my bucket list: To ride the 34E from Forest Hills all the way to Walpole. One of these years ....

By NHRDinRozzie on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 1:57pm.

Adam,

If you ever do this, consider a UH 'bus crawl'. You and what, 49 UH groupies take that bus from the Hills to Walpole. I think it'd be a good time.

You know you want to make it happen.

Imagine having to drive that route? ((shudders))

By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 11:27pm.

Pretty much a straight line on a wide and largely uncongested road. I'd much rather drive the 34E than something like the 8 or 47 or 66 -- crazy turns, narrow streets, thick traffic, pedestrians crossing everywhere, people getting on and off at almost every stop.

By adamg on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 11:34pm.

Where you've got to deal with a variety of turns and curves just down from Washington Street, dual four-way stops (which continue to give Massachusetts drivers problems, since we've only had them for 20 years or so now) and a fair number of tight turns around a parking lot full of Massholes and crazed Massholes-turned-pedestrians.

By anon on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 10:06pm.

Just because that's a prime target for scamming doesn't mean that there are no legitimate neck and back injuries.

By Katia on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 1:58pm.

A car I was in basically got love tapped when I was 15 and I couldn't turn my head for two days. I'd rather be safe than sorry as far as checking it out, IMHO.

By Peter_the_Gr8 on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 8:54pm.

I have no details on this crash but, as a pedestrian in Boston I can tell you: MBTA bus drivers scare me. I would never step off a curb when the light is yellow with a T bus nearby. Even after it has been red for a little while, you should always expect that T bus to keep on going through the light.

By anon on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 1:32am.

In this case, the bus was stopped and it was rear ended by the automobile. Hardly the bus driver's fault...

By PeterGriffith5 on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 10:48am.

Over the years the Dedham Mall has expanded and had many adjacent free standing buildings built next to it. There is in effect a large intersection where many of the parking lots exit into an internal mall road.

At best this is a busy, confusing parking lot. When you add the too frequent aggressive driver into the mix, it's a recipe for frequent accidnts.

I can't imagine how one can hit an MBTA bus in the middle of the day. It's akin to hitting the broadside of a barn.

As to the number of people sent to the hospital, I would imagine that it's standard procedure in such an accident for authorities to encourage passengers to get checked out.

By roadman on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 7:30pm.

The car ran a stop sign and hit the side of the bus.

By anon on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 2:15pm.

I actually saw that accident yesterday while getting gas, and it looked awful. The "car" was a Jeep Cherokee and the entire front, from the windshield to the front bumper, had been basically ripped off. The bus was all banged up and a few of the windows were smashed. I think that "only" neck and back injuries are lucky, considering the damage.

By cycler on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 2:51pm.

I think they're especially lucky considering that there are no seatbelts on a bus. You're pretty vulnerable to being thrown around.
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