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Scooter driver critically injured in crash with SUV on River Street in Hyde Park

By adamg on Sun, 10/13/2024 - 9:53pm

Boston Police and Boston EMS responded to River and Arlington streets in Hyde Park after a crash shortly before 7:20 p.m. between a scooter and an SUV. The scooter driver was transported to a Boston trauma center with life-threatening injuries.

Because of the nature of his injuries, the BPD homicide and fatal-accident reconstruction units were brought in.

Police shut River between Metropolitan Avenue and West Street for the investigation.

Neighborhoods: 
Hyde Park
Topics: 
Driving
Free tagging: 
River Street
Scooters


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Comments

By Ron Newman on Sun, 10/13/2024 - 11:20pm.

Do we know which kind of scooter this was?

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By adamg on Sun, 10/13/2024 - 11:41pm.

So not a Razer Scooter or one of those battery powered updates to it.

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By Don't Panic on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 6:16am.

Why did we stop using the word "moped" for those two passenger, two wheeled scooters? Is it a New York Times: Manual of Style and Usage thing?

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By Tim Mc. on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 6:36am.

so I don't know if that's an improvement. (The specific definition actually has legal consequences.)

"Motor scooter" vs. "kick scooter" gets you pretty close, although the electric variant of the kick scooter makes things harder to name.

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By Don't Panic on Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:43am.

I'll go with "motor scooter" for those two passenger, two wheeled scooters. Now that I looked into it even Vespa calls their motorized products "scooters". Thanks @Tim Mc..

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By J.R. Dobbs on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 7:09am.

Scooters have no pedals and you sit as if on a toilet

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By adamg on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:08am.

There are scooters without seats. Remember a few years ago when a couple of companies tried flooding the area with those things, and they wound up abandoned all over the place even before Boston banned them?

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By Dumas Woods on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 12:36am.

they get me so angry with all the harm they do….
Oh wait, what’s that you say? It’s the SUVs and trucks which are doing most all of the killing on streets of greater Boston!?!
Maybe we should do something about them!?!

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By Allstonian on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 7:00pm.

What harm do the sea ducks do?

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By BubbaLooo on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 6:15am.

I really hope this person recovers. It's scary how often I see scooters almost get hit on River Street. The kids, kids to me anyway, next door are always out on the scooters and they fail to realize how careful they need to be on congested streets.

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By Nick Yudin on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 8:45am.

The brand or type of scooter is unimportant.
What is important is the health of its driver.
I hope the driver is ok!

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By Frelmont on Mon, 10/14/2024 - 3:59pm.

What is ‘Hoodline’ and why did they use the term “altercation?” And, why did they say vehicle 1 hit vehicle 2 when no details were provided?

https://hoodline.com/2024/10/serious-scooter-suv-collision-in-boston-s-h...

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By Zhu Hengpeng on Tue, 10/15/2024 - 2:29am.

That article is written by AI.

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By Tim Mc. on Tue, 10/15/2024 - 7:27am.

https://hoodline.com/disclaimer/ -- they use AI for "organizing information and aiding in the initial formatting of stories for the editorial phase", which actually means "AI writes the stories and then an editor gives it a quick eyeball, maybe".

So it's just making shit up, lightly inspired by real news.

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By Frelmont on Tue, 10/15/2024 - 6:52pm.

Thanks. AI that chose loaded words imparting cant.

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