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Driver takes out traffic signals at busy Dorchester intersection

By adamg on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 1:07pm
BTD workers begin removing pole, with car that hit it still at the scene

BTD workers begin to deal with pole carnage; photo by Vivian Gerard.

Sometime before 7:40 a.m., the driver of a Corolla slammed into a traffic-light pole on the southbound side of Blue Hill Avenue at Columbia Road in Dorchester, sending the pole slamming down across the road and creating an instant traffic jam. No serious injuries, at least.

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Driving
Free tagging: 
Columbia Road
Blue Hill Avenue


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Comments

By Lee on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 1:30pm.

But you can’t do that on a bike.

By Chris77 on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 2:08pm.

Oddly enough, I was looking at street view of this intersection and I noticed this view, looking north, of a crew replacing a light pole in the median, one that probably got taken out as well.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oRGSVu1yVP7NNULf7

By Ron Newman on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 2:47pm.

Doesn't look that way from the photo, but still wondering.

By Ari O on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:27pm.

That traffic light should not have been gray so it stood out from the surroundings. It should have lights on, too.

By Lee on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 10:14am.

Tsk, tsk.

By Bostoneer on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 8:22am.

Those pesky bike lanes strike again!

By lbb on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 9:13am.

Sucker was movin'!

By cinnamngrl on Fri, 01/24/2025 - 9:35am.

I took out a light pole in a 90's Sentra in Watertown and I wasn't going that fast. black ice