Police: Guy crashes car in South Boston, tries to ditch loaded gun before first responders arrive

Boston Police report arresting Darius Boodoosingh, 18, of Roslindale, following a car crash at E and West 2 streets last night - after finding a gun in the backpack they say he tossed in a nearby dumpster.

Boodoosingh was already facing gun and drug charges in Milton - where police say they found a gun, ammunition and an assortment of drugs in his Curry College dorm room last fall.

Police say witnesses pointed them towards a dumpster near the car Boodosingh had plowed into a light pole around 9:30 p.m. yesterday.

Both Boodosingh and his passenger, Sterling Brown 23, of Hyde Park, were arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Innocent, etc.