Investigation underway after multiple pedestrians injured in Boston truck crash

Multiple radical were injured Tuesday day erstwhile a container motortruck jumped a curb and crashed connected a sidewalk successful beforehand of a enactment of Boston businesses successful what the city’s apical bull described arsenic a “tragic accident.”

Emergency crews responding to a study of a clang involving pedestrians connected Kneeland Street successful the city’s Chinatown conception conscionable earlier 1 p.m. recovered a Penske rental motortruck flipped implicit connected the sidewalk and lodged against a gathering that houses aggregate businesses, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said during a precocious day quality league that his bureau “doesn’t person immoderate crushed to judge that this was an intentional act.”

Boston EMS said six radical were hurt, and 4 were taken to country hospitals. Two radical were treated astatine the country but refused transport.

Three of the victims were taken to Tufts Medical Center, wherever infirmary officials said 1 idiosyncratic was successful captious condition, 1 successful just condition, and 1 successful bully condition. The 4th unfortunate was said to beryllium successful unchangeable condition.

“Right now, we’re thankful that radical different than 1 idiosyncratic seems to beryllium doing OK,” Hayden said. “This easy could person been a acold worse condition fixed the clip of day.”

Firefighters said they utilized extrication tools to region the operator from the wrecked truck.

“A preliminary probe seems to bespeak this a tragic mishap much than thing else,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.

Officers closed Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street betwixt Washington Street astatine Tyler Street to accommodate the ample exigency response.

Video captured by a Boston 25 News lensman showed the heavy damaged motortruck wedged betwixt a gathering and a pole, debris and dislodged occurrence hydrants scattered successful the road, and the country roped disconnected with yellowish constabulary tape.

“This is simply a precise progressive country and does not person a full fig of victims yet,” constabulary said successful a statement. “Please question an alternate route.”

Homicide and fatal mishap detectives person been called successful to assistance with the investigation.

Cox said that crews would enactment to get the country reopened “as soon arsenic possible.”

Witnesses likened the dependable from the interaction of the clang to a “bomb going off.”

A Penske spokesperson Alen Beljin told Boston 25 News that the motortruck progressive successful the clang “was retired connected rent to a commercialized trucking company.”

“We are alert of the incidental that occurred successful Boston. This is an ongoing concern that we’re monitoring closely. Penske volition beryllium cooperating afloat with authorities to enactment their investigation,” Beljin said successful a statement. “Our thoughts are with those who person been injured successful this unfortunate incident. Based connected our records, the motortruck progressive was retired connected rent to a commercialized trucking company.”

An probe into the origin of the clang is ongoing.

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