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Man not wearing seat belt killed in Storrow Drive crash

A man died around 4 a.m. today when his car apparently hit a barrier at the Copley Square exit on the eastbound side, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

The driver, 23, was alone in the car. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin; State Police accident investigators continue to look for a cause of the accident. Channel 4 reports the man was not wearing a seatbelt.

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He was James Lim, 23, of Arlington.

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State Police Investigate Fatal Crash on Storrow Drive in Boston
On Sunday, February 15, 2009, at approximately 3:49 a.m., Troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in Boston responded to a single vehicle crash on Storrow Drive East near Clarendon Street in Boston that resulted in one fatality.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Luis Santiago indicates that a 23 year-old James Lim from Arlington, Massachusetts was operating a 2002 Infiniti on Storrow Drive eastbound when the vehicle stuck a protective attenuator located on the right side of the roadway at the exit ramp. The operator was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained fatal injuries in the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

This crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Boston EMS and DCR also assisted troopers at the scene.

Due to the crash investigation and vehicle removal one lane was closed on Storrow Drive for approximately 2 hours.

No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks directly

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I HATE this kind of post-mortem finger wagging. How about just "Man Killed in Storrow Drive Crash" and drop the "not wearing a seatbelt" thing? Everyone dies eventually of something and undoubtedly we should wear our seatbelts every single time we get in the car--but you know, driving is dangerous. It really is. I think we should be thinking about all of the things that make driving dangerous, not just the one time some 23 year old doesn't wear his seatbelt. The whole culture of driving needs to change. So back off the blaming and let's talk about the big picture here if we want to get on something--but let this guy's relatives and friends see a headline that reports the facts--he is dead--and not some lame morality tale that doesn't have to go along with this tragedy which is one of only thousands that happen everyday

Whit.

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Seriously, though, not wearing his seatbelt is critical to this situation. If he had been wearing it, the overwhelming likelihood is that he would have been able to walk away from this crash. Therefore, to leave it out serves as no warning to others who act as if they are invincible (the very behavior of which you want to change in any way possible) AND the article probably never would have been written in the first place.

You wouldn't say "Man dies of gunshot wound" if the fool had been cleaning a loaded weapon aimed at his face when it went off.

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Actually the headline would say that. You know it would.
And can't both of you (directed at both comments) shut up. We have lost someone very special and dear to us and all the while you are complaining about a portion of the article nad your views about it. I cannot think of anything more insensitive nad self absorbed than this. You did not know what an amazing person he was, and I will tell you that he was. Perhaps you should put aside your measly little lives and consider what we, his friends and family, may be dealing with right now. Save your paltry conversation for the water cooler and pay your resects to a wonderful man.

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Perhaps you should have encouraged him to use his seatbelt more. Then you wouldn't be mourning now and coming in here to denigrate us for disrespecting a guy who didn't have enough respect for his own safety.

This is a place online for discussing the news of Boston. If you can't handle that people are discussing whether your friend/family member should have been wearing his seatbelt or how the news should cover such a factor in his crash, then these comments aren't the place for you to be right now. Welcome to the online water cooler, as it were. We're right where you claim we should be discussing it as you say we should there.

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I can think of someone who, instead of grieving and spending time with the family of their lost friend, logs on to a blog and starts nit-picking little fights with anonymous bloggers. That'd be more insensitive and self-centered than those anonymous bloggers continuing the same conversations they do every day. That'd be somebody who thinks their ego and their desire to insult anonymous people on the internets is more important than their lost friend or the grieving family of that friend, which has better things to do than argue with random people on teh internets.

Jesus, go cook a hot dish, wouldja? What the hell are you doing here?

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I cannot think of anything more insensitive nad self absorbed than this.

You mean your fetish for demanding that others not discuss the fatally bad wager and legal violation that had predictable results in the case of your friend? Sure.

Not that it will make special snowflakes such as yourself learn to belt your precious rear ends in when driving. The laws of physics don't apply to you - except when they do.

Save your breath, and go forth and buckle up and urge others to do the same if you want to honor your friends memory and spare others your special pain. Otherwise, you are just another self absorbed twit running from that female dog called reality.

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I don't know if that anon is really a friend of the man who died, but I can see why being critical of someone who just died appears insensitive to those who knew him.

Can you imagine if the headline was for some other bad habit? "Man dies after many years of eating poorly and not exercising."

Yes, we should wear seat belts, and yes, I think I agree that it should be reported when a fatality could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt, (It still feels like preaching to me) but maybe not in a headline.

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Not wearing a seatbelt is vastly more risky than any of those hazards that you mention.

The fact is that Massachusetts has some of the least trained, most ignorant, and worst drivers in the nation. It also has just about the lowest rate of seatbelt use.

All the whitewashing, the feelgoods, and "It's God's will" proclaimations in the world will not change that. Pointing out situations where somebody decided to bet on his own immortality by not using a seatbelt, and entered himself in the Darwin Awards as a result might make an impression if it is done consistently enough to underscore the simple fact that the laws of physics make no exceptions for truly special and wonderful people.

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I am uncomfortable driving without one. I like being strapped into my seat.

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Yes, I agree everyone should wear seat belts.

I don't like preachy critical headlines about people who have just died.

I'd love to see backup for these "facts" you mention:

The fact is that Massachusetts has some of the least trained, most ignorant, and worst drivers in the nation.

Or maybe the "some of the" covers it, I suppose lots of states have some of those people.

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Google "GMAC annual test" for more information.

You will get links to several years worth of results where MA drivers fail a comprehensive test much of the time, and a mean score that is in the bottom three every year.

If you move, be prepared: if you walk in to a dmv asking to convert your license, don't be surprised if a road test is required. That's because MA does not have a comprehensive road skills test with minimum requirements.

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Sorry the kid died in a car accident. Imagine getting only 23 years?

Does anyone here not know that the law requires we wear our seat belts while driving? The law requires it because of the high risk of injury or death in an accident without a seat belt.

We spend millions educating the public to Click it or Ticket.

Primary care physicians ask their patients, do you wear your seat belt because doctors know that driving without a seat belt is a significant health risk.

Wear it all the time. It can save your life.

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James Lim was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts National Guard.

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I confirm that James Lim was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, in the 1-182nd Cavalry, Headquartered in Melrose.

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For all of you that are commenting on the reason he died was because he was not wearing his seatbelt. Just know that even if he was wearing his seat belt and hit a wall at 70mph he still would have died.

Its how you say just physics.

You fell in to the media trap. All the media does is speculate on the situation using very very little information.

You are all stupid because you just belive what someone in a news room says because its "the news".

You should also note that the accident is still under investgation.

Ohhh opps that part means that any info about it is still up in the air. Which means no one except James Lim knows what happend. So dont point fingers unless you know.

Here is a fake headline for the all of you "Man dies in car fire after seatbelt jams" Did wearing a seat belt kill this man?

That would have most likely been written as "Man dies in car fire"

In america the seatbelt saves lives, fire takes lives.

You cant have people being afraid of their seat belt can you?

The media sways things to what they want you to belive. They wrote that it was the not wearing a seat belt that killed him because they dont know what happend and it did not take too much thought to write.

All im saying is stop playing desk top CSI and keep your mouths shut till the facts come out.

I was a Friend of Lim's yes but my comments stem from that fact that you all would fault him for not wearing his seat belt when you have no idea if it was worn and came off or he just did not wear it. That is what the investigation is for, not you to decide.

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The police told channel 4 that he wasn't wearing his seatbelt and channel 4 decided to put that in the news. Why would they lie about that?

If you have other information then state your name and put out the info. I don't think anyone has any problem with that.

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You can hit a wall at 70 mph and survive due to wearing a seatbelt. Your application of physics is poor.

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It's the Gnomes in Zurich who want you to wear seatbelts because it furthers their World Domination Agenda! Don't believe what they're telling you about seatbelts saving lives! And do you know that seatbelts are single-handedly responsible for transplant organ shortage?

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