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.
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Dear MIT hacks:
By MassMouse
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 3:16pm
Dear MIT hacks:
It belongs on TOP of the dome!
Sincerely
State U
You got the writer and addressee backwards
By mg
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 3:55pm
.
This may not be Baltimore
By jmeltzer
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 6:22pm
but you still need a bigger boat.
What’s with the archaic English tense?
By Bob Leponge
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?
I always assumed it was an attempt to …
By Lee
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:01am
… appear articulate and official. Like faking a British accent.
I assume it was shorthand for
By Rob
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"
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