Family tracks down vehicle involved in Dorchester hit-and-run to DPW lot
Police said the driver has been cited for leaving the scene of the crash.
After a driver fled the scene of a crash in Dorchester on Wednesday, the victim’s family tracked down the truck involved to a Department of Public Works parking lot.Monica Cannon-Grant, a community activist and founder of Violence in Boston, told Boston.com her 20-year-old son was on his way to work when his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck. The crash occurred around 7 a.m. near the intersection of Adams and Fox streets.“My son pulled over and got out of the car, and the guy was like, ‘I’m going to pull over,’ and when my son got out of the car, he took off,” Cannon-Grant recounted.When her son called her to tell her what happened, she told him to call 911. Boston police took a report at the scene, and her son’s car was towed away. The 20-year-old went to Boston Children’s Hospital for evaluation. He got some bumps and bruises, but no major injuries, his mother said.Afterward, she said her son and his father returned to the scene of the crash to see if they could find any clues as to who the driver was. What they found was a trail on the ground, she said, from the damaged pickup dragging on the ground.“His dad was like, ‘Let’s see what happens if we follow this trail from where the accident was,’” Cannon-Grant said. “It took him down a couple of side streets and then the trail led him to the DPW yard. When he got to the yard, he saw the truck.”Cannon-Grant shared photos of the truck on social media — taken by a neighbor who witnessed the crash and by her son’s father, Anthony Jones, at the yard — hoping to get information on who the driver was.
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Boston police were called to the yard on Hancock Street and were able to identify the driver, who Cannon-Grant said is a DPW employee.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was cited for a marked lanes violation and a criminal application has been filed for leaving the scene of the accident with property damage, according to Boston police.
Cannon-Grant said she wants to see accountability for the incident.
“My son did exactly what he was supposed to do,” she said. “He stopped, he got out, he was willing to exchange information. I think my message would be to the adult in this situation, ‘How are we telling young people to be accountable if we as adults can’t be accountable?’ There was severe damage to my son’s car. He didn’t know what condition my child was in when he pulled off. So you literally left and you had no concern about my child’s life, if he was injured, if he was OK.”
All the driver had to do was stop, she said, and fleeing the scene escalated the situation.
“It doesn’t make sense,” Cannon-Grant said.
Officials with the city and the Department of Public Works did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
