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Friends and family are mourning the deaths of Jack Lanzollotti and Jessica Campbell after they were hit and killed by a car in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
“The two were almost interchangeable and they were together all the time. There’s no question in my mind this is a couple that probably would have gotten married and lived happily together for the rest of their lives,” Leon Nicholas, Campbell’s boss said.
The couple was out for a walk Saturday night when two cars collided. One of the cars hit them.
A pedestrian was struck by a car in Roxbury Monday evening, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
An adult male was walking in the area of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street when he was hit by at car at about 9:10 p.m., said a police spokesman.
The unidentified victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries that appeared to be life-threatening, police said.
The driver stayed at the scene, and police are investigating the circumstances of the crash. No additional information was immediately available.
A person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car.
It happened around noon Tuesday in Sullivan Square.
Witnesses stated that the “poor guy didn’t see him.”
A red Subaru was stopped at the scene.
The crash isn’t far from the scene of a deadly hit-and-run crash last week that claimed the life of a Chelsea man. A Swampscott man has been charged in that crash.
Boston Police say they’ve found the driver wanted for a fatal hit and run in Charlestown.
A man on a bicycle, later identified as Owen McGrory, 30, from Chelsea, was struck by a garbage truck and killed around 1:30 p.m. Thursday near Sullivan Square.
Investigators say the driver did not stop.
They found the truck and the driver, 41-year-old Ricky Prezioso of Swampscott, Thursday night.
Two Boston firefighters died trying to extinguish a roaring nine-alarm fire in the Back Bay on Wednesday.
Lt. Ed Walsh, 43, of Engine 33, and Mike Kennedy, 33, of Ladder 15, were identified by the Boston Fire Department as the two firefighters who were killed battling the blaze at 298 Beacon Street.
There were 18 people injured by the blaze, including 13 firefighters, with injuries ranging from minor burns to broken bones.
The cause of death of the two firefighters is not known at this point.
Three people were hurt when a car jumped the curb in Terminal C at Logan Airport.
It happened around 5 p.m. Wednesday.
State Police say a 1995 black Lexus sedan pulled up to the passenger pick up lane and stopped. The Lexus then drove over the curb and struck three pedestrians, later identified as Hoa Ngo, 61, Kayla Brown, 25, and Joanne Kemp, 62.
One of the pedestrians was transported by ambulance to Mass General Hospital and the other two pedestrians were transported to Tufts Medical Center, according to State Police. There’s no word on their condition.
A 61-year-old woman and an 8-year-old girl were struck on a sidewalk by a vehicle involved in a three-car crash on Monday afternoon in Roxbury near Boston police headquarters, officials said.
The two were hit at about 3:45 p.m. near Tremont and Prentiss streets, police said.
David Estrada, a police spokesman, said the woman suffered a leg injury and the girl had minor cuts on her hands.
The relationship between the woman and girl was not immediately clear.
The two were rushed to Boston hospitals, along with two other people involved in the accident.
The first car of an MBTA Green Line train crashed into the tunnel wall after derailing just west of Kenmore Station this afternoon. Seven people suffered minor injuries, and the tracks in the area are to be closed for the rest of the day, authorities said.
The derailment happened between the Kenmore and Fenway stations, fire department officials said in a tweet.
Boston EMS spokesman Nick Martin said the seven injured would be transported to the hospital shortly. Many of the injured reported back pain, he said.
Part of the Expressway was shut down for a short time on Saturday following a crash that injured four people.
The accident happened around 11:30 a.m. on the northbound side of I-93 near the Neponset Circle exit.
Officials reported that two cars were involved in the collision. One rolled over onto its roof, while the other vehicle ended up on its side.
Four adults were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
The highway was reopened about an hour later.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.