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Just when you think the traffic on Comm. Ave at the BU Bridge couldn't get worse

Truck and car crash on Commonwealth Avenue

K-Rock photographed this crash involving a truck and a car on Commonwealth Avenue at the BU Bridge around 6:45 p.m.

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Looks like they tried to take a forbidden left turn at that Storrow Drive exit ramp... next time take a good look to the left before going for it.

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It looks like they were turning right onto Comm Ave headed West and tried to make it past the traffic on the right lanes waiting to cross the BU bridge.

The revised design of the intersection will help but it's still going to be a hairy turn.

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That whole area in the vicinity of the B. U. Bridge is a mess during rush-hour(s). Sooner or later there was going to be a crash. The fact that this happened isn't the least bit surprising. Trying to take a forbidden left-hand turn at that Sorrow Drive exit Ramp sure didn't help matters any, either.

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http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/comm-ave-bridge-construction-closure/

The whole thing is being rebuilt in July and August of this year (with other work to come over the next year) and there will be changes to the traffic patterns and flow in that area.

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I sincerely wish, however, that the rotary leading up to the BU Bridge after one either exits from Memorial Driver or gets on that particular rotary from Cambridgeport could be altered in some way or other so that it doesn't get so goddamned clogged during rush-hours, or whatever. It's a mess, and one can sit in stop-and-go traffic for 15 to 20 minutes or more. It's horrible.

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around the BU Bridge and Commonwealth Ave is ridiculous. It looks like the car that was hit was one of the unfortunate drivers trying to turn onto Comm Ave from University Rd, the exit off Storrow Drive East. Because of all the backed up traffic, it is very difficult for cars on that exit to make the turn.

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here in this area, generally, that cause these sort of super-slowdown/stop-and-go bottlenecked traffic jams, especially at rush hour. It's disgusting, really.

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"Was the driver of the car that got t boned by a 25 ton dump truck wearing a helmet ? Please please please remember to look both ways and always wear something bright and don't dart out ! We can't see you when you drive ! I hope nobody was hurt, but I hope they learned a valuable lesson"

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