Suspect arrested after allegedly stolen truck crashes into woman near Public Garden

The suspect who allegedly stole a truck and then struck a woman near the Boston Public Garden Thursday evening has been arrested.Keith Andrade, 58, listed as homeless, is set to be arraigned on multiple related charges in Boston Municipal Court on Friday. He’s being charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, and operating a motor vehicle without a license. He also had a couple of outstanding warrants out of Boston, according to Sgt. John Boyle, a spokesman for the department, and a department press release.Police responded to the scene around 4:22 p.m. and found the victim, a woman, with life-threatening injuries and an empty pickup truck on scene, Boyle said. 

The crash happened in the area of Boylston and Charles streets, according to police.

Andrade was later found and arrested around 8:30 p.m. near Washington and School streets, the release said. The victim, meanwhile, is listed in critical condition as of Friday morning, Boyle said.

Witnesses described the horror of the scene.

“I heard the screeching of the wheels,” Donald Saarela told WBZ. “I looked up and I saw the black truck go across the sidewalk. It hit everything and everything just started flying in the air. A lady started screaming.”

Police looking for hit & run driver after woman was struck by stolen pickup truck outside Boston Public Garden @LouisaMoller reportshttps://t.co/xakROXmAr5 pic.twitter.com/7zqwGhBhNz

— WBZ | CBS News Boston (@wbz) October 2, 2020

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