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Scooter guy putt-putts the wrong way on I-93, is eventually arrested

By adamg on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 11:24am

WBZ has some video.

Neighborhoods: 
Medford
Topics: 
Crime
Driving
Free tagging: 
I-93
Scooters


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Comments

By Scratchie on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:06pm.

What in the actual fuck? Magoo? Is that you?

By Dave on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 5:56pm.

"Road hog!"

By brianjdamico on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:13pm.

I've done this before, but it was in GTA and not real life...

By bostnkid on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:23pm.

wtf

By Lee on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:28pm.

Having some fun.
Dog bless him!

By Kaz on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:41pm.

Someone on Twitter said someone on WCVB said the guy was having a mental health crisis and ran from police.

By Kinopio on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:51pm.

I didn’t realize a newscaster could diagnose someone from helicopter footage. Why do some people go so far out of their way to make excuses for dangerous criminals?

By passing thru on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 1:26pm.

and that they didn't pursue him actively because of his condition.

why do some people jump to conclusions on the basis of so little information?

By roadman on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 4:59pm.

that would allow police to chase a person the wrong way down an Interstate.

By Stop the scooters on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 1:30pm.

... for the scooter and bike gang menace, the excuses in particular have been outlandish. These guys can ride their vehicles up to an area where they can scoot around to their heart's content, just as dirt bikers do. That area is not a major urban area and most certainly not the I-93.

By anon_wd on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 1:45pm.

FWIW- the MSP had reported the guy as suicidal- was in other accounts

Saw story this morning and knew it would get turned into something here akin to "killjoy fascist cops ruining wrong-way rider's fun"

By Kaz on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 2:06pm.

Is your imagination so small that you can't imagine a reporter for WCVB asking police for a rundown on the situation after it ended in order to...you know...report on it?

By Hardy Har Har on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 2:56pm.

Car And Driver saw a vehicle with a combustion engine AND police officers - his poor mind overloaded.

By Waquiot on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 3:17pm.

Yes.

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 2:24pm.

Dangerous, yes, but if you saw the footage "insane" is a mild description for this.

Although I half expected a helicopter crash in the area given all the airborne activity in these parts.

By adamg on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 3:43pm.


Troopers Apprehend Suicidal Man in Medford:

At approximately 9 a.m., Danvers Police attempted to stop a scooter operator who reportedly had a knife and had threatened to harm himself. The male was operating a 2019 Yamaha YW50 scooter erratically. The operator was later spotted in the area of Centennial Drive in Peabody and then a few minutes later driving north on the southbound side of Route 95. The operator got onto Route 114 eastbound and MSP cruisers began following, with no lights on and not in a pursuit posture. ...