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One dead in pickup/tree crash on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester
By adamg on Thu, 12/09/2021 - 8:39am
Live Boston Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports a person died after a pickup crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed on Talbot Avenue at Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. WBZ reports the impact split the pickup in half.
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Will we ever see these speedways …
… converted to safe passageways for all?
Not soon enough for this tree and traveler.
not anytime soon
So long as Boston drivers know they can drive like lawless maniacs, buzzed, with almost zero chance of repercussions, this shit will continue.
Why?
This moron got removed from the gene pool quite efficiently.
But I also see how we're lucky that they didn't hurt anyone else.
Do you think this is the only
Do you think this is the only moron?
Or the best way to deal with them?
Of course, you do.
Deal with them?
Poor man's Mario Andretti dealt with himself.
And how many kill a
And how many kill a pedestrian, cyclist or other driver in the process?
Could have been a suicide.
Sad news for the friends and family.
Snow
Seeing how hard it hit the tree I thought the same, but I am thinking someone misjudged how snow effects handling.
Not unlikely
Last night a friend told me about two other friends' teenagers who recently wrecked the family car (and nearly themselves and their passengers) in snow-related accidents. No drugs, no alcohol, no extremely bad conditions -- just rookie mistakes by inexperienced drivers who, as you say, just didn't understand how snow affects handling.