UPDATE: WHDH reports the baby died.
Around 8:40 p.m. on Humboldt Avenue at Humboldt Court.
The baby was in such bad shape the homicide unit was called in, standard for collisions where somebody might die. The mother also suffered injuries.
The driver stayed at the scene.
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Prayers
By Anthony
Thu, 02/18/2016 - 9:30pm
My prayers go out to this baby and all others that are involved.
prayers dont prevent murder
By Baker-Christie 2016
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 10:45am
Every time there is a mass shooting or a driver kills someone, people say "prayers with the family". Thats neat, but we need to do more than pray after killings to have different outcomes.
I'd like to know more before saying that
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 11:04am
I'm not the praying type, and I certainly think that drivers need to be more accountable for their driving. However, we don't know what happened here just yet or what caused the crash.
Good vibes toward mother and baby are all we got at this point.
Drivers are responsible for
By Christie-Baker 2016
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 4:07pm
Drivers are responsible for driving so they don't hit people regardless. Playing with their phones, eating/drinking, adjusting the station, listening to music/talk radio, are all things distract from the main activity that drivers increasing think is secondary- not just pushing the pedal and steering according to the road, but LOOKING where they are going at all times and who/what else is out there. Prayers aren't going to prevent another baby from being killed, but enforcing driving laws and holding people accountable for what they do with their cars may make them think twice about speeding and doing other things other than driving when they are in the drivers seat. I know, we are in America, you get to have a gun and a car and you aren't responsible for what you do with them unless it can be proved you meant to. So the deaths will keep piling up.
Keeping you in my prayers
By SheBoston
Thu, 02/18/2016 - 11:23pm
Hoping she and baby are getting better and that they're being well taken care of in this time of need.
Please slow down
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 12:00am
Too many people are driving around careless. Slow down, save a life. PLEASE
Agreed but we don't know if
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 8:04am
Agreed but we don't know if the mother wandered out into the street. The driver did stay on the scene.
Wandered out onto the crosswalk?
By Bump
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 1:36pm
The intersection of Humbolt Ave at Humbolt Court has a crosswalk.
Even if a person "wanders out into the street," the driver is responsible to be aware of and not hit what is in from of him, especially in a residential neighborhood where one should be traveling at less than 30 mph.
They were hit crossing
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 1:53pm
They were hit crossing Humboldt Ave. where there is no crosswalk. The crosswalk goes across Humboldt Ct., which is just a parking lot.
Only appropriate thing to say is...
By XenaKat
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 7:53am
That I hope the baby will be ok...
Woman and baby in auto or on foot?
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 8:59am
Writeup unclear. Was the woman and baby in an automobile or were they pedestrians? I'm guessing auto based on the lack of more explicit details, but confirmation would be nice.
On foot
By adamg
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 9:12am
Sorry for being unclear. They were pedestrians.
Neighbor rushed out to perform CPR on infant
By adamg
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 11:23am
WBZ reports.
Good for the neighbors
By lbb
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 11:46am
Do you know how to do infant and child CPR? If this happened in front of you, would you want to be able to help?
no and no
By Scumquistador
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 3:24pm
no and no
OK then
By lbb
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 4:23pm
You wouldn't want to be able to help? OK then.
Any updates?
By erik g
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 3:40pm
Any further word on the condition of the woman and the baby, Adam? This happened literally around the corner from where my daughter is in daycare, and I just... ugh.
The infant has died...
By biosmoothie
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 3:57pm
Update from the Globe. Reporting that the infant has died. This is horrible. http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/02/19/...
Witnesses are reporting that
By Kinopio
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 4:01pm
Witnesses are reporting that the car was obviously speeding and the victims were flung 40 feet by the car. Sickening. Another Boston driver who should be thrown in jail for a long while and have their license permanently taken away.
Well
By lbb
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 4:25pm
Well, it's now a homicide, so you may get your wish. And before you start...just don't.
I didn't see any news reports
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 5:06pm
I didn't see any news reports identifying the driver as a Boston resident. What's your source?
I drove by the scene, long
By anon
Fri, 02/19/2016 - 4:15pm
I drove by the scene, long tire marks that end with a blood stain next to the yellow lines... Sad very sad. And to learn the baby had passed.
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