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

By what what now? on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 9:55am.

Fuck it

He likely fled out of fear of

By Lee on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 10:01am.

He likely fled out of fear of the breathalyzer.

Luckily for us

By Ari O on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 1:28pm.

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

By Tim Mc. on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 2:23pm.

of why it would be a crime to leave the scene of a one-vehicle accident.

My assumption was he was

By NoMoreBanks on Wed, 03/29/2023 - 9:19am.

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.