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Somerville residents and elected officials are fed up: they’ve been fighting for safety improvements along McGrath Highway and Mystic Avenue for years, and after four pedestrian fatalities, they want immediate action from MassDOT.
On May 26, a couple hundred area residents rallied in 90-degree heat to draw attention to the state’s inaction regarding road safety and environmental justice along I-93. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joined many of Somerville’s state and local elected officials in calling out the state for not doing anything about these “preventable deaths.”
“The…reason this is so infuriating is that the lives of Kevin and Cheryl and Marshall that we were robbed of due to traffic violence a violence that has been perpetuated by indifference, a complicit passive tolerance so this was one hundred percent preventable,” said Pressley. “Like most inequities and disparities and injustices, they don’t just happen; they happen because of indifferen
Updated: 6:49 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
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Show Transcript SHE SPOKE WITH HIM AND JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW. SARAH? HIS FAMILY IS AT HIS BEDSIDE AT BOSTON HOSPITAL. THEY TOOK A MOMENT TODAY TO SPEAK OUT THROUGH THEIR TEARS IN THE HOPES OF GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRIVER RESPONSIBLE. HE WAS A WONDERFUL MAN. HE HELPS EVERYONE. MARSHALL MAC IS A BELOVED GRANDFATHER, A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN WHO SPENT SIX YEARS AS A P.O.W. THE 72-YEAR-OLD IS NOW FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. IT S AWFUL. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR IT. HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE HIGHWAY LAST NIGHT AROUND 8:40 COMING FROM THE NEARBY STOP N SHOP WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE CAUSING LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. GROCERIES WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE ROAD. HE GOT HIT. IT KNOCKED HIM LIKE 20 OR 25 FEET. MARK IS ONE OF SEVERAL WHO RUSHED TO HELP THE VICTIM. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? THEY TOOK HIS MASK OFF SO HE COULD BREATHE BETTER. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER DID NOT STOP. NOW THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A IT WOUL
Updated: 11:01 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021 Massachusetts State Police investigators have released photos of a suspect vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run pedestrian crash that left the victim with life-threatening injuries.The crash happened at about 8:40 p.m. Monday on Route 28, which is also known as the McGrath Highway, near the intersection of Broadway.State police say the vehicle did not stop after striking the pedestrian and fled the scene on Route 28 toward Cambridge. It knocked him, like, 20 to 25 feet, said Mark Burpee, a Somerville resident who rushed to help the victim. They took his mask off so he could breathe better. Troopers are looking for a white Ford Transit Connect van with a model year ranging from 2014 to 2021. According to state police, this van will stand out from other Transit Connects because it has additional side windows and a large sunroof, which is not typical of the model.State police say the vehicle will most likely have damage to the driver s
A 72-year-old man is in serious condition at a Boston hospital after he was injured in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Somerville, according to his family. The family of Marshall Mac says he was walking home with groceries when he was struck by a vehicle at about 8:40 p.m. Monday on Route 28, which is also known as the McGrath Highway, near the intersection of Broadway. Sign up for our Newsletters According to the Massachusetts State Police,.