A vigil Monday night remembers an MIT graduate student and a Florida woman who were killed weeks apart while riding bikes in separate crashes in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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WEEKS EARLIER. I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE FATAL CRASHES, IT, UM, IT MAKES YOU THINK TWICE. LISA PETITE IS A BICYCLIST. SHE DIDN’T KNOW MINTY NGUYEN, BUT USED THE SAME BIKE LANES WHERE THE 24 YEAR OLD WAS KILLED ALL THE TIME. I THINK EVERYONE IS FEELING VERY VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW, AND AND KIND OF REACHING OUT TO EACH OTHER TO GET SUPPORT. INVESTIGATORS SAY WYNN WAS TRAVELING THE SAME DIRECTION AS A BOX TRUCK ON HAMPSHIRE STREET NEAR KENDALL SQUARE LAST FRIDAY, BUT WHEN THE TRUCK TURNED RIGHT ONTO PORTLAND, CROSSING OVER THE BIKE LANE, IT COLLIDED WITH WYNN, WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. THESE CRASHES ARE PREVENTABLE AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO MORE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM FROM HAPPENING. JUST TWO WEEKS EARLIER, A 55 YEAR OLD FLORIDA WOMAN DIED IN A SIMILAR CRASH WHEN SHE WAS HIT BYBY A TRUCK WHILE BIKING NEAR HARVARD SQUARE. ACROSS TOWN MEMORIALS LIKE THIS, A GHOST BIKE MARKED THE SPOTS WHERE CYCLISTS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OVER THE YEARS. FOR SOME, IT’S DIFFICULT KNOWING TWO MORE MEMORIAL GHOST BIKES WILL SOON BE ADDED TO CAMBRIDGE’S CYCLING LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE VERY TRAGIC LOSSES AND NOW THAT WE KNOW THERE’S GOING TO BE TWO MORE FOR VERY
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RIP she never got to experience 10.
book smart but not street smart. even when you have a walk sign there's cars turning. look both ways before crossing, you are the only person responsible for your safety.
So sad! People need to be careful
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Oh my!
I hope the truck is ok!