U-Haul Truck Abandoned After Rear-End Collision With Bus, Boston MA
TrafficA U-Haul truck rear-ended an MBTA bus near East Street and West First Street in South Boston. The U-Haul driver fled and abandoned the vehicle at the scene. There were no injuries, and the damage to the vehicles was minor. The bus later returned to the location for further inspection.
Audio|Source: MBTA Transit Police
03:26
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to reroute you to the East Street.
00:07
It's going to be East Street in South Boston at West First Street.
00:12
For a U-Haul truck that rear-ending the bus,
00:18
the U-Haul operator jumped out and abandoned the U-Haul.
00:24
And now the U-Haul is just there,
00:27
there are no injuries.
00:33
Roger that.
00:36
If it's going to be E Street at West First.
00:46
The air run route.
00:48
So I'll add to the call.
00:54
Seven to five operations radio checks.
00:58
All right, clear, ma'am.
01:01
Man, you can't clear me from my last and you know me from back to Boston.
01:09
Four.
01:11
That was operating.
01:14
The police is answering.
01:23
12, ejected from the station.
01:25
Thank you, Stephen here for the station directly.
01:34
10-4-3, 12 ejected.
01:35
Is that including the platform for the loiterers as well? Because we had a secondary call for all orders on the platform.
01:44
To our class.
01:51
Number four, ten, six.
01:55
Support, sir.
01:56
7-4-dops.
01:59
My place is answering, sir.
02:03
All right, the bus is already cleared.
02:05
I'm here with the inspector and the U-Haul van.
02:08
I'm needed told to the U-Haul van.
02:10
There's no operator.
02:12
It's minor damage.
02:15
And he has the bus info as well as the driver.
02:19
But he's being told the bus needs to come back to this location.
02:23
Can we confirm if...
02:24
I think we need the bus if we have the information.
02:30
Do we have a description of the driver? I don't know, you may need a statement on the operator, what occurred, did he interact with anybody?
02:41
The driver stated to the inspector that she just got rear-ended,
02:46
the guy took off,
02:47
and there was no injuries,
02:50
and very minor damage, and she was driver of Mewall.
02:54
Yeah.
03:00
Got to have a floor off.
03:03
What's answering, sir?
03:07
The bus is back at Cabot.
03:09
Once I clear here, I can go and speak to the driver at Cabot.
03:14
Okay.
03:18
Enforcement,
03:20
we have that the bus is going to be a cabot, you can make that connection once you're clear that scene.
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Location mentioned:
E St & W First St, Boston, MA 02210
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