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Police say man wrecked his car at Readville train station, called an Uber, left his car there
By adamg on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 9:50am
Transit Police report that early Sunday, a man plowed into the cement-anchored sign at one of the Hyde Park Avenue parking lots at the Readville commuter-rail stop, called an Uber and then left the destroyed remains of his car behind.
Police say they tracked down the man and will charge him with leaving the scene of an accident.
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Two words come to mind
Fuck it
He likely fled out of fear of
He likely fled out of fear of the breathalyzer.
Luckily for us
And unluckily for him, leaving the scene basically has the same penalties as drunk driving. If he only did damage to his car, he may get off, but I assume the sign has at least some damage, enough that he damaged the property belonging to someone else and could be charged.
And I guess that answers my question
of why it would be a crime to leave the scene of a one-vehicle accident.
My assumption was he was
My assumption was he was trying to make it somewhere with a tight deadline - job interview or something - and would "come back and deal with it" after that.
Was the cement-anchored sign
Was the cement-anchored sign wearing a helmet?
Did he at least pay his parking fee?
He left collateral
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Just minor damage to the car.
Just minor damage to the car. Can probably buff that out.
if you're cement-anchored T signage
you gotta unnastan...
Wow what was the point of
Wow what was the point of that leave the evidence so it can be tracked