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Man suffers life-threatening injuries when hit by a bus at Forest Hills

An MBTA bus turning left out of the lower busway at Forest Hills hit a pedestrian shortly before 11:55 a.m.

In addition to police, Boston firefighters responded to get the unresponsive man out from under the bus, which they did around noon, handing him over to Boston EMS for evaluation and transportation to a local trauma center.

WCVB reports that neither Transit nor Boston Police provided a possible cause for the crash.

The road in front of the station was shut for the investigation.

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What a horrific tragedy. I am always impressed by the busses managing that specific left turn and inching past the double parked car on the opposite corner that begrudgingly creeps forward in about a half a dozen selfish, reluctant increments until the bus can finally squeeze through only to then contend with the gauntlet ahead.

The short distance between the crosswalks at the bus entryway and exit must be inch for inch first among the top five most jaywalked spaces in Boston. Mostly, it’s teenagers who have to look tough who can’t dare be caught using the crosswalk, but there’s a fair cross section of grown ass adults who cautiously dash, carelessly saunter, or in stuporous stumble work their way across the street. Then there’s the irregular person who dashes across the street for their app taxi in blind impulsivity, or the noob who misreads and mis judges how to jaywalk here. In spite of that the crosswalks have no small number of regular users.

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There is definitely camera footage that will show the unfortunate incident. That crosswalk is notorious for the MBTA buses to ignore. They love to run over the crosswalk despite there being bikers and pedestrians that have right-of-way. Then these drivers want to have attitude after we show our disdain. People love to double park there, and Transit Police loves to hide inside the station and do nothing.

… the majority of pedestrians are hit when crossing the street. I was nearly hit in one today on Washington St. downtown.

I jaywalk for safety and as an act of civil disobedience. Though, I note that that stretch does have a fair number of crosswalks. Even if they are not safe. Last Sat I was nearly hit in one of them. Only a “grown ass” such as yourself would be willingly blind to good reasons why people cross streets where they do.

Blame this poor victim before you know anything, why don’t ya!

Hope he recovers.

Bus drivers vary greatly in their driving skills, I’ve noticed. Most are better drivers than personal vehicle drivers.

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Goddamn the asshole wizards who thought that their traffic plan would be safe. Goddamn the failure of the MBTA, City Hall, and MassDOT. This is my friend and neighbor best dog dad and green thumb who is now fighting for his life .

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:(