A 29-year-old woman has died after the scooter she was driving was struck by an amphibious sightseeing vehicle in downtown Boston.
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Boston police report that accident took place at approximately 11:30 am and that the woman was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries.
In a statement, the company that owns and operates the Boston Duck Tours said that their thoughts and prayers were with the victim’s family.
Duck boat driver Victor M.Tavares of Brockton, who was hired in 2010, had three speeding tickets – in Milton in 2010, West Bridgewater in 2013 and Stoughton in 2015 – as well as a safety violation in Roxbury in 2009, on the partial state driving record the company released.
The woman’s identity and the cause of the accident were not released because the investigation was still underway, she said. The spokesman didn’t comment further when asked about details of the employee’s driving record.
A woman has died after she was struck by an amphibious sightseeing vehicle in downtown Boston. The wrongful lawsuit brought by Mr. Mongeluzzi’s firm seeks to hold Ride the Ducks responsible for the preventable tragedy, and to ensure the safety of other unsuspecting, Defenseless citizens.
The fatal crash comes about eight months after four worldwide college students were killed when a duck boat in which they were riding collided with a bus on a Seattle bridge.
Mongeluzzi said, “On the land they have huge blind spots caused by a six foot bow because they’re driving boats on the streets, they’re hard and cumbersome to operate”.
Started in 1994, Boston Duck Tours float on the Charles River and stop at historical spots such as Bunker Hill, Faneuil Hall and Trinity Church.
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While this is the first fatal accident involving a Boston Duck Boat, this isn’t the first time that a duck boat has been involved in a deadly accident.
