Jed Hresko spotted a bike atop a whatever that is on Columbia Road in Dorchester today.
Columbia Road
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire that erupted early this morning on Columbia Road at Douglas Street damaged seven triple deckers and sent five firefighters to the hospital. Read more.
Brianne Fitzgerald spotted a woman kneeling in prayer outside St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church on Columbia Road this morning.
A Dorchester Municipal Court judge today ordered 20 days of observation at Bridgewater State Hospital for Zachery Grandy, 22, arrested yesterday on charges he beat his mother, Gisel Thomas, to death in an apartment on Columbia Road in Dorchester sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. Read more.
Boston Police report finding a dead woman in an apartment at 357 Columbia Rd. - outside a car with three bullet holes in the driver's side window - around 2:20 p.m. Read more.
WCVB reports on multiple crashes along Columbia Road this morning, allegedly caused by a guy who told one bystander he couldn't stick around because he didn't have a license.
Mark Parkinson report a driver hit a person on foot on Columbia Road at Eastman Street around 10 p.m. The driver stayed on scene. The homicide and crash-reconsruction units were called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries. The road was shut.
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NBC Boston reports that all six people in a car - including a young child - were injured in a crash with another car at Columbia Road and Hamilton Street around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Victim identified as Christian Nunes, 20, of Dorchester.
Live Boston reports two men were shot on Columbia Road near Geneva Avenue around 11:10 p.m. Read more.
Victim identified as Adilson Barbosa, of Dorchester.
A man was shot in the head at Columbia Road and Dudley Street around 11:40 p.m. Read more.
Live Boston reports a man was stabbed in the chest at the Speedway gas station at Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue around 2:40 a.m.
Around 10 p.m. on Columbia Road opposite from Stanwood Street. Both victims got themselves to the hospital with what police said were non-life-threatening injuries. One car was also hit.