Not ready to taxi

By adamg on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 12:20pm

Photo by BFD.

A Brookline cab driver who lost control exiting Storrow Drive at Park Drive wound up in the Muddy River this morning, the Boston Fire Department reports.

The cabbie got himself out of his vehicle OK; a tow truck and a hazmat crew responded to remove the cab and clean up anything it might have left behind.

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For the sake of UH readers' peace of mind

By Michael on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 1:31pm.

Please let us know when you hear that the credit card reader survived.

Brookline

By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 1:38pm.

This is a Brookline cab - don't know what their rules are.

Seems to be taking "Brook" a bit seriously ...

i hope he was able to hit

By shamus on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 2:05pm.

i hope he was able to hit send on his text message before he hit the water.

No credit cards

By Lecil on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 3:43pm.

I've never even seen a card reader in a Brookline cab. They're not required like they are for Boston cabs.

Good thing it was a cab, and not a bicycle.

By The Beer Guy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 2:10pm.

Can you imagine the outrage from the anti-bike crowd? At least we know the roads are safe, with skilled professional drivers like this out there.

Why you don't see cyclists ending up like this

By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 3:22pm.

It has something to do with the excessive quantity of horsepower involved, as well as the ability of a heavy vehicle at speed to destroy a decorative guard railing.

Cyclist would just hit the rail, say "ouch".

Where exactly was this? And

By anon on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 4:28pm.

Where exactly was this? And why wasn't there a guardrail that's designed to stop or deflect a car?