Multiple pedestrians were injured after a Penske truck crashed into a building in Boston and flipped on its side.
The wreck happened just before 1 p.m. on Kneeland Street at Harrison Avenue near Chinatown, Boston police said.
The Penske rental box truck hit at least six people, with four taken to hospitals and another two others evaluated at the scene of the crash, Boston EMS told NBC Boston. At least one victim was in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said, noting: “This is a very active scene and does not have a total number of victims yet.”
The circumstances leading to the crash are not immediately clear – but authorities described it as a “tragic accident” and there was no reason to believe it was intentional.
Video footage captured the box truck on its side next to a doorway of the Great Wall Kitchen Supplies store as debris was scattered around the street.
The driver was freed from the truck by the Boston Fire Department, the agency said.
“Companies responded to Kneeland & Harrison Ave for a truck that struck multiple poles and was wedged between a pole and the building. Firefighters used extrication tools to remove the trapped driver from the cab of truck,” the Boston Fire Department wrote on X.
Deputy Fire Chief Steven Shaffer described the process of removing the driver from the vehicle to WHDH: “The technical team, if you see the cab there, they actually had to cut the top of the cab and peel it back to get the driver out.”
“It was a bad accident, and hopefully those two people make it,” he added.
Harrison Ave. and Kneeland Street was closed between Tyler Street and Washington Street, police said, as investigators were at the scene.
