Suburban man to face charges after speeding onto Green Line tracks at MFA, police say

By adamg on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:12pm

Sign says "Here All Belong" - except SUV drivers on the tracks. Photo by TPD.

Transit Police report that around midnight, a 22-year-old driver from the Framingham suburb of Ashland was speeding down Huntington Avenue when he blasted through a red light and then "crashed into a traffic pole and somehow landed on MBTA GL M.F.A. stop."

The driver will face charges of operating to endanger, speeding and ignoring a red light, police say, adding he was uninjured.

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The Transit Police

By anon on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:33pm.

Give out more traffic citations than fare evasion citations

Why did they block the

By Kinopio on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:46pm.

Why did they block the license plate? Its not confidential information. Stop doing everything possible to treat criminal drivers with kid gloves.

Not blocked on Twitter

By downtown-anon on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 1:32pm.

If you need know the plate, it is pretty easy to pull out of the Twitter post.
Not sure why they hid it in one picture and not the other.

"ignoring a red light"

By Michael on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:55pm.

Wow, that must be one of those silly old laws from the 1700s that they only dust off once in a while, like "herding Pigs in the city limits on the Sabbath" or "making Eye contact with a known Slattern within sight of the local Church" - could have a chilling effect on local drivers if they start enforcing that one

Not a day goes by when I don't see cars speeding through reds.

By CopleyScott17 on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:01pm.

There's no longer even a tiny speck of concern they might get pulled over and cited, or hit a pedestrian or another vehicle, streetcars included. The city has entirely given up on enforcing traffic laws.

Seriously

By Michael on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:21pm.

And remember when they were going to outlaw driving with a cell phone in your hand? I'm actually shocked when I'm waiting for a bus and see someone drive by who isn't holding one.

It's not just Boston

By h and h on Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:52pm.

I recently moved out of state and still check this site occasionally. People driving 55 in a 30, blowing through stop signs and red lights, pulling crazy moves just to save 2.5 seconds. It's terrible and the police don't seem interested in enforcing anything. I've written my local office a few times but doubt it's having any impact. They'd rather pay lip service when someone is killed than do anything proactive. I'm not ragging on cops, it just seems to be the current state of the world

"the Framingham suburb of Ashland"?

By Form on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 2:31pm.

Ouch. Accurate, but ouch.

I came here to comment...

By JJ on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 7:25pm.

... on this very fine bit of prose.

Based

By anon on Tue, 02/07/2023 - 8:25am.

Based

TIL Framingham has suburbs.

By xyz on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:13pm.

TIL Framingham has suburbs.

Able to write that from years of experience

By adamg on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 4:51pm.

I once covered Ashland as a reporter, then got promoted to the Big F.

But Grandpa...

By Former Westroxer on Mon, 02/06/2023 - 5:24pm.

Framingham was still a town then, wasn't it? Or can you call anything a suburb if nearby bigger neighbor has city-like problems? (In Framingham's case, without the good parts)